Significant modifications to the Illinois Swimming Pool Health Code are being proposed in the Swimming Facility Act. SB 3727 (Harmon, D. / Currie, B.) passed out of committee this week and is now on the House floor. The bill requires prequalification by the Illinois Department of Public Health for architects, engineers and contractors to complete work in the State. The Act include criminal and civil penalties, while exempting local government. It is this writer’s experience, that no other health code has such requirements. It will be interesting to see how the Illinois aquatic user benefits or suffers from the proposed legislation. Will this Act impact the number of pools developed or renovated???
Illinois Swimming Facility Legislation in Final Stages of Passage
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Scot: If just one state could read another states guidelines / Health Act – life would be so much easier. I read the draft it would appear that it is written by someone learning to write Bills . My suggestion would be for the State of Illinois to go to the NSPF website and look at all the ‘ Health Acts ‘ and read them before trying to write a Made in Illinois Bill. To make something so easy so complex makes it expensive. I feel for those trying to do business under the new draft.