La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § XXIV-715

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XXIV-715 - Lighting [formerly paragraph 24:022]

A. Whenever swimming pools, bathing places, or water slides are to be operated at night, illumination shall be provided as follows.

1. Where night activities are permitted and underwater lighting is used, not less than 0.5* watts shall be provided per square foot of pool area. Area lighting shall be provided for the deck areas and directed toward the deck areas away from the pool surface insofar as practical. 0.6 watts per square foot of deck area shall be used.

2. Where night swimming is permitted and underwater lighting is used, area pool lighting combined shall be provided at not less than 2 watts per square foot of deck area.

*Values of Efficiency for incandescent lamps assumed to be 20 lamp lumens per watt.

3. In either case, lighting shall be provided in such concentration so as to permit a black circle 6 inches in diameter on a white field, when placed on the bottom of the pool at the deepest point, to be clearly visible from the deck around the pool at all distances up to 10 yards measured from a line drawn across the pool through said disk.

4. Semi-Artificial and Natural Swimming Pools and Bathing Places

a. Minimum foot-candles (F-C) (measured vertically on the surface):

i. all water areas utilized if a large body of water is involved: (this amount of light must be present out to 150 feet from the shore): 3 F-C;

ii. adjacent land areas utilized during swimming or bathing activities: 1 F-C.

5. Stairs from lower to upper areas of water slides shall be provided with at least 10 foot-candles of illumination (measured on the surface).

6. All areas used or traversed by people, inside of all ancillary buildings, shall be provided with at least 10 foot-candles of illumination (measured 3 feet above the floor).

7. Various of the lighting requirements, which do not alter maximum safety considerations of the need for lighting, may be approved by the state health officer, on a case by case basis.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § XXIV-715

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1442 (June 2002).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(11) and R.S. 40:5(3)(16)(17)(20).