Guide · Las Vegas · Southern Nevada Health District closuresGuide · SNHD pool closures
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What happens
next.Closed by SNHD.
What happens
next.
When a health-district inspector finds an imminent health hazard, a pool or spa stays closed until the hazard is corrected, the fee is paid and a reinspection is passed. The usual path, the section behind each step, and what to have ready. Holding the notice? Email us a photo.
A closed pool stays closed until the hazard is corrected, the fee is paid and a reinspection is passed. The usual path, and what to have ready. Holding the notice? Email us a photo.
01The notice
Read the notice first
The inspector goes through the report with you and asks for a signature. Signing only acknowledges receipt, and refusing does not cancel the report (§5-701). If the closure comes as a permit suspension, the written order must state these five things (§5-801.4).
- Permit
Suspended at once; all operations stop. (A)
- Reasons
The NRS 444 and regulation sections broken. (B)
- Hazard
The type of threat to public health. (C)
- Reinspection
Who to ask for it. (D)The person to whom you send the request for a re-inspection. Keep the name. (D)
- Hearing
Yours to request within five business days. (E)Yours to request within five business days. Without a request, the permit is permanently revoked (§5-802.3). (E)
02What happens next
Closed to reopened.
The usual path, with the section for each step. The time frames in your own report come first (§5-402.6).
The usual path·SNHD Aquatic Facility Regulations
- 01
Close
Swimmers out, the venue shut, the signs left up (§5-503.3). Found a hazard yourself? Close and tell the district (§5-402.3).
- 02
Correct
Fix what the report names. Meanwhile the closed venue is kept treated, drained or covered; one with no fence of its own, beside areas still open, is kept treated and staffed, or covered (§3-201.1).
- 03
Notify
Tell the district the hazard is gone (§5-504). After a summary suspension, it re-inspects within two business days of your notice (§5-801.5).
- 04
Reopen
Pay the failed inspection fee and pass a reopening inspection (§5-702.3). The district takes the signs down after it verifies (§5-504).
Before you ask for the reinspection.
A working checklist, selected from the district's closure list (§5-601). The inspector looks at the whole pool, not only the item that closed it.
- Water · §5-601.2, .4, .5, .7
- Disinfectant inside the district's limits. pH from 6.5 to 8.0. Cyanuric acid under 100 ppm.
- Clarity · .12
- The bottom of the pool clearly visible.
- Equipment · .6
- Filtration and disinfection running continuously.
- Drains · .17
- Every submerged suction outlet cover in place, secured and unbroken.
- Barrier · .15, .18
- Gates self-closing and self-latching. No gaps in the enclosure.
- Electrical · .9, .10
- GFCI on the underwater lights and on outlets within 20 feet of the water.
- Deck · .11, .13, .19
- Lifesaving equipment out, depth markings in place, no broken glass.
- Staff · .1, §5-501.2
- A qualified operator for the facility. Keys to the pool, pump room and restrooms unless the operator is on site all day.
03The rules
Whose rules apply.
In Las Vegas the Southern Nevada Health District permits and inspects public pools and spas under its own Aquatic Facility Regulations, based on the CDC's Model Aquatic Health Code. They replaced Nevada Administrative Code 444.010 to 444.546 as the district's governing document.
While it is closed. A pool or spa with its own enclosure: keep the water recirculated and treated, drain it, or fit an approved safety cover (§3-201.1 A). One without its own enclosure, next to parts of the facility still open, as a resort spa beside an open pool often is: keep it treated and staffed to keep bathers out, or covered. Draining is not one of the options there (§3-201.1 B).
Closed over a body-fluid incident? Your body-fluid response log records the disinfectant and pH at reopening, and the date and time (§4-401.6).
Disagree with the closure? Ask for a meeting with the inspector and the program supervisor within 10 business days, then in writing with the division director or section manager (§5-505). A summary suspension runs on a shorter clock: five business days to ask for a hearing (§5-801.4 E).
Sources. SNHD Aquatic Facility Regulations (2018), southernnevadahealthdistrict.org › Aquatic Health Program › Regulations. SNHD, Imminent Health Hazards, the same program's Operations pages. Read October 2026; this guide is not legal advice.
Questions
Asked after a closure
Can we take the closed signs down once it's fixed?
No. Hiding, altering or removing the signs without the district's permission is a violation (§5-503.3). The district removes them after it verifies the correction (§5-504).
Does an inspector have to come back out?
For an immediate closure over an imminent health hazard, the rules call for paying the fee and passing a reopening inspection (§5-702.3). The district may also, at its sole discretion, accept other evidence of correction (§5-504).
How soon is the reinspection?
After a summary suspension, within two business days of your notice that the conditions are gone (§5-801.5). Otherwise the district inspects on notification that the hazard is eliminated (§5-504).
What if the inspector can't get in?
Unless a qualified operator is on site all day, the district needs keys to the pool, the pump room and the restrooms. A facility that refuses access is posted closed (§5-501).
Does this apply to a pool at a house?
No health permit is needed for a pool at a single-family home used only by the household and its invited guests, so these closures are for permitted pools: hotels, HOAs, apartments and other public venues.
Can Quality One help?
Yes. When the health district closes a commercial pool, we diagnose the cause and make the immediate corrective actions, until the facility is back in compliance. We are registered with the Southern Nevada Health District. What happens after you call.
Start with the cause.
Email a photo of the notice and what you see at the pool, or call. We diagnose the issue and make the immediate corrective actions.