North Dakota Swimming Pool Safety Code

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Signed by the U.S. President Bush on December 2007, the VGB Pool and Spa Safety Act (P&SSAct) is in force since the December 19, 2008. This code is planned to foreclose swimming pools hazards. The dangers of pools like body entrapments or disembowelments are more often lying in wait and fatal.

The Virginia Graeme Baker Act set U.S. CPSC standards for pool and spa security. Under the code, each drain covers must meet ASME/ANSI A112.19.8-2007 in all public pools and Spas. The water facilities which have a single main drain other than an unblockable drain must set up a second system to contend for entrapments.

The industry, the sale or retail of drain covers which are not in compliancy with the safety touchstones required by the CPSC is prohibited in USA to ensure that all drain covers obtainable in the market place are compliant with safety stipulations.

Each public pools must install anti-entrapment drain covers and implement other layers of protection such as SVRS or enclosure.

A swimming pool contractor should ensure that the pool and / or spa are compliant with the federal Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act.

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