{"id":"605363fe-271e-4b01-8d9d-8405a755ac05","task":"Determine when the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act (VGB) applies and verify drain-cover compliance","domain":"safety-compliance","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."],"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."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T02:30:25.966Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/605363fe-271e-4b01-8d9d-8405a755ac05"}