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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-1207" title_number="12" title_name="Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Maryland Swimming Pool and Spa Standards">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>develop a voluntary forum that may be used, on request of a local jurisdiction, to resolve conflicts that involve the Standards; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall notify each local jurisdiction of each change to the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code and the impact the change will have on the local amendments in that local jurisdiction;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may provide training for local swimming pool and spa officials on the Standards and certify the participation of local swimming pool and spa officials in the training;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>on request, shall provide a local jurisdiction with technical assistance to implement and enforce the Standards; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>shall consult with the Maryland Department of Health on the implementation of the Standards in relation to the regulation of the operation and maintenance of swimming pools and spas.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
