Purpose: Children’s swimming pools are picking up faster than the other types of swimming pool. Yet, safety law-related s tudies are still lack. This study is to review legal status of children’s swimming pool in Korea and to discuss the related l...
Purpose: Children’s swimming pools are picking up faster than the other types of swimming pool. Yet, safety law-related s tudies are still lack. This study is to review legal status of children’s swimming pool in Korea and to discuss the related le gal issues for safety management of children’s swimming pool. Research design, data, and methodology: The study revie wed law and clauses for sport facility management and related legal clauses with chilren s swimming pool management, and sport facility-related articles. Results: Safety management of children’s swimming pool should currently follow law for spor t and physical education facility management because of no its own legal norm for children’s swimming pool. Given this, s pecific law and clauses for children s pool management need to be legislated to prevent risks for children and to satisfy spe cific safety factors considering careless behavior of children. Conclusions: Regarding this, the study points out five suggesti ons. First, law should be established to make notification of safety rules mandatory and this notification should be placed in the pool. This notification would be better effective if it is visualized. Second, according to law, safety 7 rules of children s swimming pool need to be legistrated and educated for pool managers to obey them. Pool managers could also add their own rules to the 7 rules. Finally, preparation of emergency kits and safety devices need to be mandatory in the pool. Furth er implications were discussed.