OHIO
(I) A telephone shall be available within five hundred feet of each public swimming pool, public spa, and special use pool
with a posted list of emergency numbers. The licensee shall ensure that the telephone is available at all times the pool or
spa is open for use.
OKLAHOMA
310: 320-3-1
(h) telephone. A telephone to reach emergency assistance without the use of coinage shall be accessible to the pool dur-
ing all house of operation.
310: 320-3-4 Safety provisions
Emergency telephone numbers, Every bathing place shall provide, immediately adjacent to its telephone a selected list of
current telephone numbers for available doctors, ambulance services, hospitals, and police or fire department rescue
squads.
SOUTH CAROLINA
(f) A toll free telephone or other device to notify emergency personnel must be available in the pool area (within 200 feet
and no greater than 3 floors) with a list of emergency telephone numbers, to include ambulance. The location must be spec-
ified on the pool rules sign.
TEXAS
Excerpts from Title 25. Health Services Part 1. Texas department of Health Chapter 265. General Sanitation Subchapter L.
standards for Public Pools and Spas. A copy of the complete standard may be found at
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/beh/gs/poolrules.doc
Effective Date September 1, 2004
(j) Telephones at post-10/01/99 and pre-10/01/99 pools and spas. Post-10/01/99 and pre-10/01/99 pools and spas shall
have a telephone that is capable of immediately summoning emergency service and that is readily accessible within 200
feet from the pool or spa water. Any other electronic means of summoning emergency service will qualify as a telephone if
clear instructions for its use are provided by signage. A telephone that is answered by an on-site office does not meet the
requirements of this subsection. The following shall apply to telephones for post-10/01/99 and pre-10/01/99 pools and spas:
(1) The telephone may be located inside or outside of the pool yard or spa yard if the enclosure entry gates and doors of
the pool yard or spa yard are never locked in any manner, or the gate or fence is not more than 4 feet 4 inches tall.
(2) The telephone shall be located inside or outside of the pool yard if the pool is a Class A or B pool.
(3) The telephone must be located outside of all other pool yards or spa yards if all of the following occur:
(A) The entry gate(s) or door(s) are locked on either side of the gate or door.
(B) The enclosure entry gates and doors and the enclosure fences and walls are all higher than 4 feet 4 inches.
(C) The pool or spa is operated in conjunction with:
lodging such as hotels, motels, apartments, condominiums, or mobile home parks;
a property owners association, private organization, or club;
a school, college, or university while being operated for academic or continuing education classes, or
practice event (excluding competition events in accordance with subparagraph (A) of this paragraph).
(4) Each entry gate and door of a pool yard or spa yard that is locked must have a sign on the exterior of the gate or door
or on the exterior of the enclosure fence or wall immediately adjacent to the gate or door, stating the location of the tele-
phone outside of the enclosure and complying with the content and letter size of the paragraph (5) of the subsection if:
(A) the telephone is located outside the pool yard of Class A or B pool; or
(B) the telephone is required to be located outside the pool yard or spa yard under paragraph (3) of this subsection.
(5) Regardless or where the telephone is located or whether the gate(s) or door(s) are locked, a sign must be installed inside
the pool yard or spa yard in plain view of the pool or spa and state in letters at least 1 inch high: “In case of emergency, call
911.” If the telephone is not readily visible from the pool or spa, the sign inside the pool yard or spa yard shall include a con-
cise description of the location of the telephone.