Florida Statute 515.23 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 515
RESIDENTIAL SWIMMING POOL SAFETY ACT

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515.23 Legislative findings and intent.—The Legislature finds that drowning is the leading cause of death of young children in this state and is also a significant cause of death for medically frail elderly persons in this state, that constant adult supervision is the key to accomplishing the objective of reducing the number of submersion incidents, and that when lapses in supervision occur a pool safety feature designed to deny, delay, or detect unsupervised entry to the swimming pool, spa, or hot tub will reduce drowning and near-drowning incidents. In addition to the incalculable human cost of these submersion incidents, the health care costs, loss of lifetime productivity, and legal and administrative expenses associated with drownings of young children and medically frail elderly persons in this state each year and the lifetime costs for the care and treatment of young children who have suffered brain disability due to near-drowning incidents each year are enormous. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that all new residential swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs be equipped with at least one pool safety feature as specified in this chapter. It is also the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Health be responsible for producing its own or adopting a nationally recognized publication that provides the public with information on drowning prevention and the responsibilities of pool ownership and also for developing its own or adopting a nationally recognized drowning prevention education program for the public and for persons violating the pool safety requirements of this chapter.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2000-143.

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Florida Bldg. Comm'n v. Florida Pool & Spa Ass'n, 871 So. 2d 936 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 3938, 2004 WL 609300

...idate the challenged rule. We agree with the Commission and, therefore, reverse. 1 I. Background In 2000, the Legislature enacted the Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act. See ch.2000-143, Laws of Fla. (codified as chapter 515, Florida Statutes). In section 515.23, Florida Statutes (2002), the Legislature stated its intent that prior to the issuance of a certificate of completion, “all new residential swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs [must] be equipped with at least one pool safety feature a...

...n of ss. 515.25, 515.27, and 515.29 by including standards and criteria for residential swimming pool barriers, pool covers, latching devices, door and window exit alarms, and other equipment required therein, which are consistent with the intent of s. 515.23....

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Pisani v. Duffin, 909 So. 2d 920 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 10483, 2005 WL 1560401

...One of plaintiffs theories was that the defendant violated section 515.27, Florida Statutes (2001), which went into effect on October 1, 2000. The statute requires that “all new residential swimming pools, spas and hot tubs” be equipped with at least one pool safety device specified in the statute. § 515.23....

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