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Amend the bill in section 7 in §2665 by striking out all of the 2nd indented paragraph (page 3, lines 28 to 31 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
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The design criteria to be followed by the department in the review and approval is the minimum standard for public swimmingall pools and the minimum standard for publicall spas published by the National Swimming Pool InstituteAmerican National Standards Institute and the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals or successor organizations.
The design criteria standards that the department is using to review and approve pools and spas must be posted annually on the department's publicly accessible website.’
Amend the bill in section 8 in §2666 in subsection 3 in the 2nd line (page 4, line 4 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "capable individual" and inserting the following: 'capable individualperson as defined in standards by American National Standards Institute and the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals or successor organizations'
 
SUMMARY
This amendment differs from the bill in that the design criteria to be followed by the Department of Health and Human Services in the review and approval of pools and spas applies to all pools and spas and not just public pools and public spas as defined by the American Standards Institute and the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals or successor organizations. The amendment also replaces a "capable individual" as the person who shall assume the responsibility of supervising a public pool or spa with a "person" as defined by standards of the American Standards Institute and the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals or successor organizations. The amendment also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to annually publish on the department's publicly accessible website the standards the department is using for the reviewing and approval of pools and spas.