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County health staff urges local ordinances to restore pool inspections after state law repeal
Summary
Public-health staff told Bannock County commissioners that a recently repealed Idaho statute removed statewide authority to license and inspect public pools; staff recommended county- or city-level ordinances and a memorandum of agreement designating the public health district as licensor and inspector.
Maggie, a public-health district staff member, told the Bannock County Board of Commissioners on July 30 that a state statute that previously required the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to license and inspect public swimming pools was repealed earlier this year and that, as of July 1, the district no longer has statewide authority to license or inspect public pools.
Maggie said the district completed its inspections before July 1 but expressed concern that a lapse in routine inspections could increase the risk of communicable-disease spread. She said Oneida County requested a meeting to discuss a county…
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