Montana Code 50-53-209. Cooperative agreements — inspections
50-53-209. Cooperative agreements — inspections. (1) The department may enter into cooperative agreements with local boards of health to authorize those boards to act as agents of the department and to conduct inspections of and enforce applicable statutes and department rules relating to public swimming pools and public bathing places within the jurisdictions of the respective boards.
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-53-209
- board: means a local board as defined in 50-1-101. See Montana Code 50-53-102
- Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 50-53-102
- Public bathing place: means a body of water with bathhouses and related appurtenances operated for the public. See Montana Code 50-53-102
- Public swimming pool: means an artificial pool and related appurtenances for swimming, bathing, wading, or other aquatic therapy or recreation, including but not limited to natural hot water pools, spas, splash decks, water slides, lazy rivers, and wave pools. See Montana Code 50-53-102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(2)The department or a local board of health, pursuant to a cooperative agreement, shall annually conduct:
(a)at least one full facility inspection and one critical point inspection of each public swimming pool or public bathing place operated throughout the year; and
(b)at least one full facility inspection of each seasonal public swimming pool or public bathing place.
(3)The department shall enter into cooperative agreements with the department of fish, wildlife, and parks and other state agencies that operate public swimming pools or public bathing places to address the enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.