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(b) A public wading pool shall have at least two circulation drains per pump that are hydraulically <br />balanced and symmetrically plumbed through one or more "T" fittings, and are separated by a distance of <br />at least three feet in any dimension between the drains. <br />(c) All public wading pool main drain suction outlets that are under 12 inches across shall be covered <br />with antivortex grates or similar protective devices. All main drain suction outlets shall be covered with <br />grates or antivortex plates that cannot be removed except with the use of tools. Slots or openings in the <br />grates or similar protective devices shall be of a shape, area, and arrangement that would prevent <br />physical entrapment and would not pose any suction hazard to bathers. <br />(d) (1) The State Department of Health Services may adopt regulations pursuant to this section. <br />The regulations may include, but not be limited to, standards permitting the use of alternative <br />devices or safeguards, or incorporating new technologies, that produce, at a minimum, equivalent <br />protection against entrapment and suction hazard, whenever these devices, safeguards, or technologies <br />become available to the public. <br />Regulations adopted pursuant to this section constitute building standards and shall be forwarded <br />pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 11343 of the Government Code to the California Building Standards <br />Commission for approval as set forth in Section 18907 of the Health and Safety Code. <br />(e) The California Building Standards Commission shall approve the building standards as set forth in <br />this section and publish them in the California Building Standards Code by November 1, 1999. The <br />commission shall publish the text of this section in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, Part 2, <br />Chapter 31B, requirements for public swimming pools, with the following note: "NOTE: These building <br />standards are in statute but have not been adopted through the regulatory process." Enforcement of the <br />standards set forth in this section does not depend upon adoption of regulations, therefore, enforcement <br />agencies shall enforce the standards pursuant to the timeline set forth in this section prior to adoption of <br />related regulations. <br />(f) The maximum velocity in the pump suction hydraulic system shall not exceed six feet per second <br />when 100 percent of the pump's flow comes from the main drain system and any main drain suction fitting <br />in the system is completely blocked. <br />California Codes, Rules & BAJI 7 <br />Copyright 1997 Matthew Bender & Co., Inc.