Q-2, r. 39 - Regulation respecting water quality in swimming pools and other artificial pools

Section 22.4 Disposition versions

2013-07-18

22.4. A monetary administrative penalty of $750 in the case of a natural person or $3,500 in other cases may be imposed on any person who fails

(1)  to ensure compliance with the microbiological or physicochemical quality of pool water prescribed by section 5;

(2)  to ensure compliance with the chlorine, bromine or oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) standards prescribed by section 6;

(3)  to ensure compliance with the pool water clarity standards prescribed by section 7;

(4)  to drain or disinfect daily the type of pool referred to in section 8 before refilling or reusing the pool in accordance with the first paragraph of that section;

(5)  to take the necessary measures to enable adequate monitoring of the quality of water made available to the users in the case or on the conditions provided for in section 12;

(6)  to immediately communicate any result indicating that the water does not meet a microbiological standard to the person in charge of the pool, as prescribed by section 15;

(7)  to take the necessary remedial measures if the pool water does not meet any of the water quality standards in Chapter II, to ascertain whether the system is being adequately maintained and operated, to adjust the level of residual disinfectant in the water or to collect or have a second sample collected to test for the presence of the identified micro-organism in the cases or on the conditions provided for in section 16;

(8)  to ensure that the parameters referred to in section 19 meet the standards in Chapter II before reopening the pool as prescribed by that section.

O.C. 681-2013, s. 1.