Pools, Tattoos, and State Institutions

Public Swimming Pools

The Environmental Health Public Swimming Pools Program regulates the construction and operation of pools used by multiple families for swimming, bathing, recreation or therapy.

Laws and Rules

• N.C. General Statutes 130A-280-282 Public Swimming Pools (PDF, 64 KB)
• Rules Governing Public Swimming Pools (PDF, 3.8 MB)

Forms and Educational Materials

• Pool Night Lighting Documentation Form (PDF, 108 KB)
• Fecal Incidence Response Summary Chart (PDF, 67 KB)
• 3960 Inspection of Swimming Pool (PDF, 327 KB)
• Monthly Pool Record Sheet (PDF, 18 KB)
• N.C. Required Pool Signs (PDF, 17 KB)

Memos and Correspondence

• Display Spas at Temporary Events Memo (PDF, 201 KB)
• Dogs in Pools
• Sizing Suction Piping
• Year Around Pool Amenities
• Ritual Immersion Pools
• Position Statement: Public Pool Fencing Regulation
• Position Statement - Rescind Correspondence
• Position Statement: Spas in Rental Units (PDF, 197 KB)
• Position Statement: Equipment/Chemical Storage Rooms as Vaults (PDF, 201 KB)
• Position Statement: Swimming Pools in Single Family Dwellings (PDF, 262 KB)
• Memo on Electrical Safety During inspections (PDF, 160 KB)
• Memo on Lighting in Pool at Night (PDF, 168 KB)
• Memo on NSF Listed Pool Products (PDF, 168 KB)
• Memo on Emergency Phone Location (PDF, 167 KB)
• Memo on Circulation System and Suction Hazard Reduction Rule Changes (PDF, 1.57 MB)
• Memo on Flow Reduction 2025 (PDF, 982 KB)

Plan Review

• Plan Review Guidance for Sun Shelves with Adjoining Stairs (PDF, 292 KB)
• Plan Review Checklist (PDF, 155 KB)
• Plan Review Calculations (PDF, 312 KB)
• Instructions for Drain Safety Compliance Data Sheet (PDF, 106 KB)
• Drain Safety Compliance Data Sheet for Printing (PDF, 111 KB)
• Drain Safety Compliance Data Sheet Fillable (PDF, 112 KB)

Healthy Swimming

• Considerations for Vacation Rental Owners and Managers
• How to Prevent Legionnaires’ Disease
• Before You Go to the Beach - EPA brochure
• CDC: Healthy Swimming
  • Pool User Tips (PDF)
  • Spa User Tips (PDF)
• CDC: Parasites: Cryptosporidium Infection (Cryptosporidiosis)
• CDC: Proactive Steps for Preventing Community-Wide Outbreaks of Cryptosporidiosis
• CDC: Responding to Fecal Accidents in Swimming Pools
• Cryptosporidiosis (NCPH: Epidemiology)
• Drowning Prevention Tips
• EPA: Oceans, Coasts, Estuaries, and Beaches
• Healthy Swimming - CDC Brochure (English; Spanish)
• Hot Tubs and Healthy Swimming
• NC Recreational Water Quality Program
• Pool Chemical Safety
• Recreation Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week
• Recreational Water Illnesses in North Carolina Fact Sheet (English, PDF, 104 KB; Spanish, PDF, 109 KB)
• Recreational Water Illnesses in North Carolina Poster (English, PDF, 82 KB; Spanish, PDF, 86 KB)
• How to Avoid Illness When Swimming in Natural Bodies of Water Fact Sheet (PDF, 125 KB)
• Stormwater
• Vibrio Infections
• World Health Organization
  • Water Sanitation and Health

Pool Operator Training Sites

• American Swimming Pool and Spa Association
• Aquatic Training and Consulting Services
• Aquatic Training Institute
• Atlantic Solutions
• National Recreation and Park Association
• NC Pool School
• Pool Professionals of the Carolinas, Inc.
• Watershape University