22 M.R.S. §1635: Use of safety equipment in public pools

1. Use of safety equipment by persons who suffer from physical disability or condition. No person may prohibit the use of a life jacket or similar device in a public swimming pool by any person who suffers, as evidenced by a signed statement of a licensed physician, from any physical disability or condition which necessitates the use of a life jacket or similar device.

2. Public swimming pool defined. For the purposes of this section, a public swimming pool is any swimming pool which caters to, offers its facilities or services to or solicits or accepts patronage from the general public.