(210 ILCS 125/13) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1213) Sec. 13. Rules. The Department shall promulgate, publish, adopt and
amend such
rules as may be necessary for the proper enforcement of
this Act, to protect the health and safety of the public using swimming facilities and their appurtenances, and may, when necessary,
utilize the services of any other
state agencies to assist in carrying out the purposes of this Act. These rules
shall include but are not limited to design criteria for swimming
facility areas and bather preparation facilities, standards relating to
sanitation, cleanliness, plumbing, water supply, sewage and solid waste
disposal, design and construction of all equipment, buildings, rodent and
insect control, communicable disease control, safety and sanitation of
appurtenant swimming facilities. The rules must
include provisions for the prevention of bather entrapment or entanglement at
new and existing swimming facilities.
Bather preparation
facilities
consisting of dressing room space, toilets and showers shall be available
for use of patrons of swimming facilities, except as
provided by
Department rules.(Source: P.A. 96-1081, eff. 7-16-10; 97-957, eff. 1-1-13.) |