Illinois Compiled Statutes 210 Health Facilities and Regulation: Article -
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 1
Short title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Swimming Facility Act. (Source: P.A. 92-18, eff. 6-28-01.)
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 2
Legislative purpose. It is found that there exists, and may in the future exist, within the State of Illinois public swimming facilities, including swimming pools,...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3
Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified in Sections 3.01 through 3.24 have the meanings ascribed to them...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.01
Swimming pool. "Swimming pool" means any artificial basin of water which is modified, improved, constructed or installed for the purpose of public swimming, wading, floating,...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.02
"Public Bathing Beach" means any body of water, except as defined in Section 3.01, or that portion thereof used for the purpose of public swimming...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.03
"Applicant" means any person making application for a permit or license. (Source: P.A. 78-1149.)
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.04
"Licensee" means any individual having a license under this Act, any member of a firm, partnership or association to which a license is issued...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.05
"Person" means any individual, group of individuals, association, trust, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, person doing business under an assumed name, county, municipality, the State...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.06
"Department" means the Department of Public Health, State of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 78-1149.)
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.07
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Public Health, State of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 78-1149.)
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.08
"Revocation" means to declare invalid, for an indefinite period of time, a permit or license issued to the applicant or licensee by the Department....
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.09
"Suspension" means to declare invalid a permit or license issued to the applicant or licensee by the Department, for a temporary period of time...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.10
Spa. "Spa" means a basin of water designed for recreational or therapeutic use that is not drained, cleaned, or refilled for each user. It may...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.11
Water slide. "Water slide" means a ride with a flow of water and having a flume exceeding 30 feet in length. (Source: P.A. 92-18,...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.12
Swimming facility. "Swimming facility" means a swimming pool, spa, public bathing beach, or aquatic feature and its appurtenances, singular or aggregated together, that exists for...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.13
Spray pool. "Spray pool" means an aquatic feature that is not a swimming pool and that has structures or fittings for spraying, dumping, or shooting...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.14
Prequalified architect or prequalified professional engineer. "Prequalified architect" or "prequalified professional engineer" means an individual who is prequalified by the Department and is responsible for...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.15
Prequalified swimming facility contractor. "Prequalified swimming facility contractor" means a person who is prequalified by the Department to perform the construction, installation, modification, or repair...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.16
Aquatic feature. "Aquatic feature" means any single element of a swimming facility other than a swimming pool or spa or bathing beach, including, but not...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.17
Lapsed fee. "Lapsed fee" means the amount charged to a licensee for failing to renew a swimming facility license within one year after the expiration...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.18
Living unit. "Living unit" means a home, mobile home, duplex unit, apartment unit, condominium unit, or any dwelling unit in a multi-unit residential structure or...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.19
Major alteration. "Major alteration" means any change to a swimming facility or its aquatic features or appurtenances that alters the facility's functionality or as-built or...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.20
Subsequent inspection. "Subsequent inspection" means any inspection made by the Department or its agents or certified local health departments that are authorized by local government...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.21
Initial review. "Initial review" means the first review of any submittal made by an applicant for a permit for construction or major alteration, as provided...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.22
Initial inspection. "Initial inspection" means an inspection conducted by the Department to determine compliance with this Act and rules promulgated thereunder in order to approve...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.23
Agent health department. "Agent health department" means a certified local health department that the Department has designated as its agent for making inspections and investigations...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 3.24
Ordinance health department. "Ordinance health department" means a certified local health department belonging to a unit of local government that has adopted an ordinance electing...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 4
License to operate. After May 1, 2002, it shall be unlawful for any person to open, establish, maintain or operate a swimming facility within this...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 5
Permit for construction or major alteration. No swimming facility shall be constructed or altered in a major manner until plans, specifications, and other information relative...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 5.1
Permit applications; certification. Permit applications shall be made by an architect or engineer prequalified in accordance with Section 30 of this Act. Such applications shall...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 5.2
Plan resubmittal. Those permit applications failing to qualify for a permit for construction or major alteration after review by the Department shall be supplemented within...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 6
License renewal. Applications and fees for renewal of the license shall be made in writing by the holder of the license, on forms furnished by...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 7
Conditional license. If the Department or, where applicable, the ordinance health department finds that the facilities of any swimming facility for which a license is...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 8
Payment of fees; display of licenses. All fees and penalties generated under the authority of this Act, except fees collected by agent health departments or...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 8.1
Fee schedule for fees assessed by the Department for all licensees except certain tax-exempt organizations, governmental units, and public elementary and secondary schools. The fee...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 8.2
Fee schedule for fees assessed by the Department for certain tax-exempt organizations. The fee schedule for fees assessed by the Department for a licensee that...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 8.3
(210 ILCS 125/8.3) Sec. 8.3. Fee schedule for fees assessed by the Department for certain governmental units and schools. The fee schedule for fees...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 9
Inspections. Subject to constitutional limitations, the Department, by its representatives, after proper identification, is authorized and shall have the power to enter at reasonable times...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 10
Access to premises. It shall be the duty of the owners, operators and licensees of swimming facilities to give the Department and its authorized...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 11
Department's agents. The Department may designate certified local health departments as its agents for purposes of carrying out this Act. An agent so designated may...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 12
Water samples. Licensees shall cause to be submitted water samples and such operational and analytical data and records as may be required by the...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 13
Rules. The Department shall promulgate, publish, adopt and amend such rules as may be necessary for the proper enforcement of this Act, to protect the...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 14
Whenever the Department determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that there has been violation of any provision of this Act or the rules...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 15
(Repealed). (Source: P.A. 78-1149. Repealed by P.A. 96-1081, eff. 7-16-10.)
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 15.1
Violations at facilities. (a) If the Department finds violations at swimming facilities requiring licensure under this Act, the Department shall issue a written report or...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 15.2
Violations and civil penalties. The Department is empowered to assess civil penalties and sanctions for violations of this Act and the rules promulgated under this...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 16
(Repealed). (Source: P.A. 78-1149. Repealed by P.A. 96-1081, eff. 7-16-10.)
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 16.1
Denial, suspension, or revocation of a license. The Director, after notice and opportunity for a hearing to a party, may deny, suspend, or revoke a...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 17
Subpoenas; witness fees. The Director or Hearing Officer may compel by subpoena or subpoena duces tecum the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 18
In the event of the inability of any party, or the Department, to procure the attendance of witnesses to give testimony or produce books...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 19
The Director shall make findings of fact in such hearing, and the Director shall render his decision within 30 days after the termination of...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 20
Judicial review. The Department is not required to certify any record or file any answer or otherwise appear in any proceeding for judicial review unless...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 20.5
Reproduction of records. The Department may charge $0.25 per each 8.5" x 11" page, whether paper or electronic, for copies of records held by the...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 21
Closure of facility. Whenever the Department finds any violation of this Act or the rules promulgated under this Act, if the violation presents an emergency...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 21.1
Use of life jackets. No person shall prohibit the use of a life jacket in a swimming facility by an individual who, as evidenced...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 22
Criminal penalties. Any person who violates this Act or any rule adopted by the Department, or who violates any determination or order of the Department...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 22.2
Civil enforcement. The Department may impose administrative civil penalties for violations of this Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, pursuant to rules for such penalties...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 23
Applicability of Act. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to exclude the State of Illinois and Departments and educational institutions thereof and units of...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 24
The Administrative Review Law, as amended, and the rules adopted under the Administrative Review Law apply to and govern all proceedings for judicial review...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 24.1
The provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act are hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the Department...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 26
If any part of this Act is adjudged invalid, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the Act as a whole or of...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 27
Adoption of ordinances. Any unit of government having a certified local health department may administer and enforce this Act by adopting an ordinance electing to...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 28
(Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-595. Repealed by P.A. 92-18, eff. 6-28-01.)
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 30
Prequalified architect or prequalified professional engineer. (a) Any person responsible for designing, planning, and creating specifications for swimming facilities and for applying for a permit...
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 31
Prequalified swimming facility contractor. (a) Any person seeking to perform construction, installation, or major alteration of a swimming facility must be prequalified by the Department....
- Illinois Swimming Facility Act. - 210 ILCS 125, Section 32
Service animals. It is the duty of a licensee under this Act to allow the use of service animals as defined and prescribed in 28...
Last modified: February 18, 2015