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Businesses With Swimming Pools and Spas Work to Install Lifts by January 31, 2013

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on January 30, 2013

Posted in 2010 ADA Standards, Auxiliary Aids and Services, Barrier Removal, Department of Justice, Legislative/Regulatory Actions, Maintenance of Accessible Features, Physical Accessibility, Pool Lifts

By Minh N. Vu

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) deadline for hotels, health clubs, and other public accommodations to retrofit their existing pools and spas with either a pool lift or sloped entry ramp is January 31, 2013. Under regulations the DOJ issued in 2010, all pools with less than 300 linear feet of wall must have either a pool…
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Justice Department Issues New Technical Guidance for Pools and Spas

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on May 29, 2012

Posted in Barrier Removal, Department of Justice, Physical Accessibility

Splash Flyer 2009 — Photo of Splash! Lift courtesy of S.R. Smith.

By Minh N. Vu

In yet another installment of the pool lift saga that has gripped the lodging industry and other businesses with pools and spas these past five months, the Justice Department (DOJ) issued a new Q&A on May 24 that purports to clarify the obligation…
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