N.Y. Public Health Law § 1340: Bathing places; sanitary requirements

§ 1340. Bathing places; sanitary requirements. 1. It shall be

unlawful for any person to maintain, either as owner or lessee, any

bathing establishment of any kind, in this state, for the accommodation

of persons, for pay, or any consideration, at a point less than five

hundred feet from any sewer connection emptying therein, or thereat, so

as to pollute in any way, the waters used by those using or hiring

bathing houses at such bathing establishment.

2. It shall be the duty of the owner, lessee or any other person

maintaining any bathing establishment of any kind:

(a) to provide separate toilet rooms, with water-closets properly

provided with sanitary plumbing, constructed in a manner approved by the

local board of health of the health district wherein the bathing

establishment is located, and in such a way as not to contaminate the

waters used by the bathers; and,

(b) to thoroughly wash and disinfect, or cause to be thoroughly washed

and disinfected, in a manner approved by the said local board of health,

all bathing suits that have been hired or used, before re-hiring or

permitting the use of the same again.