§ 51-9A. Registration for pool management companies.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any pool management company to operate in the County unless such pool management company shall have registered with the approving authority for each pool it operates. Application for such registration shall be made to the approving authority on forms provided by the approving authority and accompanied by a registration fee as hereinafter provided.

(b) The approving authority must maintain a registry of each pool in the County operated by a pool management company. The registry must contain the name of the pool, the pool management company responsible for that pool, and the name of the individuals to be contacted as responsible for the specific pool as representatives of the pool management company. The pool management company must notify the approving authority within 48 hours of any changes in responsible personnel.

(c) Registration of a pool management company to operate a pool shall be valid for the period for which application is made, but not to exceed one (1) year from the date of issuance or until such registration shall be suspended or revoked. When a valid application for registration renewal has been properly filed and the existing registration has not been suspended, revoked or denied by the approving authority, the existing registration shall continue in effect for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the expiration date pending formal action by the approving authority on the renewal request.

(d) Registration of a pool management company for a pool it operates may be suspended or revoked for violations of subsections (j)(1) through (j)(6) of Section 51-5 during the operating season resulting in three (3) summary closures of the pool or pools under contract of the management company. The action to revoke or suspend shall be upon a finding by the approving authority that the pool management company was responsible for the condition resulting in summary closures of the pool unhindered by contractual arrangements with the pool owner; provided, that the approving authority has given the pool management company or agent thereof notice in writing of the violations and opportunity for hearing before the approving authority to show cause why the suspension or revocation of the registration should not occur.

(e) Within a thirty-day period following the show cause hearing, the approving authority shall issue an order suspending, revoking or validating the registration, stating the reasons therefor.

(f) The County Executive shall establish administrative procedures and guidelines for the implementation of this registry to be incorporated in the manual on public swimming pool operation issued pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 51-8 of this Chapter. (1979 L.M.C., ch. 55, § 7; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 20, § 1; 1998 L.M.C., ch. 12, § 1; , § 1; , § 2.)