Health Rules

1. Admission to the Natatorium will be refused to anyone appearing to have a contagious or infectious condition, such as a cold, athlete’s foot, ring worm, boils and other skin infections.
2. No band-aids or casts may be worn into the pools.
3. Street shoes are restricted from the pool deck areas.
4. Spitting, blowing the nose or urinating in the pools is forbidden.
5. Only clean appropriate attire designed for swimming is permitted. For females, appropriate swimwear is that which covers breasts, buttocks, genitals and the pubic region. For males, appropriate swimwear is that which covers the buttocks, genitals and the pubic region. Specifically, street clothes, thongs and see-through swimwear are prohibited.
6. A clean white t-shirt and/or clean aqua socks may be worn into the pool.
7. Do not swim when you have diarrhea. This is especially important for kids in diapers.  You can spread germs in the water and make other people sick.
8. Do not swallow pool water. In fact, avoid getting water in your mouth.
9. Practice good hygiene. Take a shower before swimming and wash your hands after using the toilet or changing diapers. Germs on your body end up in the water.
10. Take your kids on bathroom breaks or check diapers often. Waiting to hear “I have to go” may mean it is too late.
11. Change diapers in a bathroom and not at poolside. Germs can spread to surfaces and objects in and around the pool and spread illness.
12. Wash your child thoroughly (especially the rear end) with soap and water before swimming. Everyone has an amount of fecal matter on his or her bottoms that ends up in the pool.
13. Young children, infants and others not in control of bodily functions must wear plastic pants or swim diapers designed specifically for pool use. Swim diapers are sold in the Sports Shop.