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ATTENTION!   The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has released PRODUCT RECALLS for specific swimming pool "Drain Covers".

Drain cover Press Release

The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act

The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act is named for the Granddaughter of former Secretary of State James Baker. In 2002, at the age of seven, Virginia Graeme Baker died in a tragic spa accident after the powerful suction of a drain entrapped her underwater. This bill was passed to ensure that every pool and spa is safe for all ages to enjoy. The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act calls for mandatory compliance in all pools and spas, to prevent suction entrapment.

Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act

• Requires each swimming pool or spa drain cover manufactured, distributed, or entered into commerce in the United States to conform to specified entrapment protection standards accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Considers the standards to be a consumer product safety rule issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

• Establishes a program of grants to states to: (1) hire and train enforcement personnel; and (2) educate pool construction, installation, and service companies, pool owners and operators, and other members of the public. Conditions grants on a state imposing certain requirements by statute, including: (1) enclosure of residential pools and spas to prevent small children from gaining unsupervised access; and (2) drain entrapment prevention devices and systems on all pools and spas.

• Requires the CPSC to establish and carry out a public education program on methods to prevent drowning and entrapment in pools and spas.

For more information, we’ve uploaded a PDF from the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals that goes into further detail about this act.

Summary Analysis of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act

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