Determine when the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act (VGB) applies and verify drain-cover compliance
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Steps
Determine whether the facility is a 'public pool' as VGB defines it — in practice this covers essentially any pool other than one at a single-family residence, so hotel, apartment, HOA, and municipal pools are covered.
Confirm the drain cover(s) meet the current successor standard, ANSI/APSP/ICC-16 2017, which CPSC formally accepted in 2019 as the VGB drain-cover/SOFA successor standard (replacing the original ASME/ANSI A112.19.8 reference), codified at 16 CFR Part 1450.
Check the cover's physical markings for compliance/manufacture information required by the standard.
If the pool has a single main drain (other than an unblockable drain), confirm a secondary anti-entrapment protection layer is installed (e.g., a manufactured SVRS, suction-limiting vent system, gravity drainage system, or automatic pump shut-off).
Retain the manufacturer's compliance documentation for the drain cover and any secondary system on file for health-department or CPSC review.
Known gotchas
The referenced standard has changed since VGB's 2008 effective date — don't assume an older cover certified only to ASME/ANSI A112.19.8 is still compliant; check it against the current ANSI/APSP/ICC-16 designation.
VGB is a federal floor; some states layer their own stricter public-pool safety acts on top (e.g., California's own Public Pool & Spa Safety Act) — check state law in addition to the federal standard.
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