Rhode Island § 23-22-1 - Licensing of Swimming Pools
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§ 23-22-1. Licensing of Swimming Pools
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-22-1
§ 23-22-1. Definitions.
(a) “Person” as used in this chapter includes any partnership, association, corporation, city, or town.
(b) “Swimming pool,” as used in this chapter, includes all swimming pools, wading pools, and therapeutic pools owned or maintained by any person, partnership, association, corporation, city, or town, or the state, except swimming pools maintained by an individual for the sole use of the individual’s household and guests without charge for admission and not for the purpose of profit or in connection with any business operated for the purpose of profit, and except also swimming pools owned or maintained by the United States. The term “swimming pools” wherever the context requires shall be construed to include the apparatus, structure, and equipment pertaining to the swimming pool, the premises on which the swimming pool is located, and the premises appurtenant to this.
History of Section.
P.L. 1928, ch. 1198, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 267, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-22-1; P.L. 1962,
ch. 11, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 161, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 66.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 23-22-1 ("Licensing of Swimming Pools") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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