Section 410IAC6-7.2-30. Water recreation

   (a) An individual currently certified as a lifeguard and having a current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification must direct swimming, boating, canoeing, watercraft, water skiing, and other aquatic activities.

  (b) A minimum of one (1) counselor for each fifteen (15) campers shall supervise watercraft and swimming activities.

  (c) At each aquatic site, a minimum of one (1) currently certified lifeguard for each thirty (30) campers must be provided.

  (d) Swimming pools shall comply with 410 IAC 6-2 and 675 IAC 20.

  (e) In addition to the requirements of 410 IAC 6-2 and 675 IAC 20, swimming pools less than two thousand (2,000) square feet shall have one (1) or more qualified lifeguards on duty when the pool is in use by campers.

  (f) Watercraft activity participants must wear a Type II or Type III U.S. Coast Guard approved personal flotation device.

  (g) Bathing beaches shall comply with the following:

(1) Camp bathing beaches shall have a water surface area of at least one (1) acre.

(2) A minimum of twenty-five (25) square feet of water surface per bather shall be provided in areas having a water depth less than four (4) feet.

(3) At least seventy-five (75) square feet of water surface per bather shall be provided in areas over four (4) feet deep.

(4) A minimum of thirty-five (35) square feet of land area shall be provided per bather.

(5) The camp bathing beach, from the shoreline out to a water depth of six (6) feet, shall consist of pea gravel or other material approved by the department of natural resources to minimize turbidity.

(6) Floating marker lines securely anchored with buoys, spaced at intervals of no more than twenty-five (25) feet, shall be provided to designate the perimeter of the bathing area. Marker lines shall delineate the separation between the shallow (less than five (5) feet), deep, and diving areas. Depth markers shall be provided at diving areas.

(7) Toilet facilities shall be provided within five hundred (500) feet of camp bathing beaches, in the ratio of one (1) toilet for each fifty (50) bathers. Where flush toilets are provided lavatories shall be provided in the ratio of one (1) lavatory for each fifty (50) bathers.

(8) Water samples shall be collected at the camp bathing beach for bacteriological examination and submitted to an approved laboratory for analysis. Samples shall be submitted in accordance with the following:

(A) One (1) sample at least two (2) weeks prior to opening.

(B) One (1) sample each week the bathing beach is open thereafter.

(C) One (1) sample after a heavy rainfall of at least one-half (½) inch.

(9) Bathing beach samples shall be collected within one (1) foot of the surface, in water having a depth of at least three (3) feet, but no more than six (6) feet and at least twenty (20) feet from swimmers and animals.

(10) The bathing beach must be closed if the beach water quality does not meet the following water quality standards:

(A) Escherichia coliform bacteria, using the membrane filter count, exceeds one hundred twenty-five (125) colonies per one hundred (100) milliliters as a geometric mean based on no less than five (5) samples equally spaced over a thirty (30) day period.

(B) Escherichia coliform bacteria using the membrane filter count exceeds two hundred thirty-five (235) colonies per one hundred (100) milliliters in any one (1) sample in a thirty (30) day period.

(C) The water has aquatic vegetation, deposits, growths, oil, grease, chemicals, or other substances capable of creating toxic reactions, skin or membrane irritations, or a health or safety hazard.

(11) Results of each camp bathing beach water sample analysis must be reported to the department.

(12) At least one (1) qualified lifeguard shall be on duty when the bathing beach is open to swimmers.

(13) A lifeguard shall be stationed at each diving area.

(14) Each lifeguard station shall have a clear and unobstructed view of the lifeguard's area of responsibility and at least one (1) lifeguard station at the diving area and on shore shall be an elevated stand.

(15) Land based lifeguard stations shall be located within thirty (30) feet of the shoreline.

(16) Lifeguard stations shall be equipped with a whistle or megaphone and sunglasses.

(17) When performing as a lifeguard, lifeguards shall not perform any other tasks and shall not be in the water except in the line of duty.

(18) A spine board equipped with ties or straps and a head immobilization device shall be provided at each aquatic location.

(19) A rescue tube shall be provided at each lifeguard station.

(20) Required safety equipment shall be kept clean, in good repair, and ready for use.

(Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 6-7.2-30; filed Jun 27, 2002, 1:30 p.m.: 25 IR 3755; filed Aug 29, 2003, 10:30 a.m.: 27 IR 99; readopted filed Jul 14, 2008, 2:14 p.m.: 20080806-IR-410080322RFA; readopted filed Sep 10, 2014, 2:08 p.m.: 20141008-IR-410140299RFA)