2021 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-1-1015. Sanitation and safety.
(a) All public bathing places shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe condition, and all owners, managers, operators, and other attendants in charge of any public bathing place shall be responsible for the sanitation and safety of such places during the season or seasons when the public bathing place is in use.
(b) The water in a public bathing place shall, at all times during the season or seasons when the bathing place is in use, be of a safe and sanitary quality, in accordance with standards that shall be established by the State Board of Health, on turbidity, chemical content, pH value, bacterial content, and such other factors which the Board deems necessary for the protection of the health and safety of the public.
(c) All bathing suits and towels used by, and maintained for the use of, the public shall be thoroughly washed, sterilized, rinsed, and thoroughly dried each time they are used.
(d) All persons known or suspected of being infected with any transmissible condition of a communicable disease shall be excluded from the pool.
(e) A complete system of artificial lighting shall be provided for all sections of public bathing places which are to be used at night, but underwater lighting in the pool shall not be required.
(f) All interior sections or rooms of public bathing places shall be properly ventilated.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 10, § 1015.
