Legal Rules and Frameworks
Laws written by various levels of government, including regulations that control the operation of swimming pools.
What are statutes?
Anyone who runs a swimming pool has this obligation to protect users of the facility.
What is duty of care?
Failure to use the care that a reasonably careful person would use.
What is negligence?
Lifeguards usually use these with pool rentals, waivers, and employment.
What are contracts?
Common __________ affecting lifeguards include negligence and assault and battery.
What are torts?
Threatening someone or touching them without consent.
What is assault and battery?
The employer is legally liable for the actions of the employee / lifeguard.
What is employer’s liability?
The party who brings a lawsuit.
What is a plaintiff?
The formal claim made when a lifeguard or facility is believed to have failed to meet their duty or standard of care through a lack of reasonable caution.
What is negligence?
A hearing that is normally called in the event of a death at a supervised facility.
What is an inquest?
The party against whom the lawsuit is brought.
What is a defendant?
The legal status assigned to a facility, admission staff, or lifeguard when they fail to meet their duty or standard of care.
What is liability?
Nicknamed the “Good Samaritan Act”.
What is the Emergency Medical Aid Act?
This is measured against facility policies, National Lifeguard standards, and Standard First Aid standards.
What is standard of care?