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Safety Standard for Swimming Pool Slides

16 CFR Part 1207

16 CFR Part 1207 is Safety Standard for Swimming Pool Slides. To certify a product to it, 16 CFR 1110.11(a)(2) requires the rule to be stated separately on the certificate, written as "16 CFR Part 1207 — Safety Standard for Swimming Pool Slides", supported by testing from a laboratory CPSC has accepted for this rule. The eCFR records this part as last amended on 2016-10-02.

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16 CFR 1110.11(a)(2) requires each applicable rule to be stated separately. Listing it like this satisfies the form of the requirement:

16 CFR Part 1207 — Safety Standard for Swimming Pool Slides

Citing a rule does not make it applicable, and 16 CFR 1110.11(a)(2) asks for every applicable rule. Whether this one applies to your product depends on its materials, construction and intended user age, which is your determination to make.

Scope, from the regulation

(a) Scope and purpose. This part 1207 sets forth the consumer product safety standard issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission for the manufacture and construction of slides for use in swimming pools. The requirements of this standard are designed to reduce or eliminate the unreasonable risks of death or injury associated with swimming pool slides. This standard also makes certain recommendations regarding the installation, maintenance, and intended use of swimming pool slides that supplement its mandatory requirements. This standard is applicable to all swimming pool slides manufactured after July 17, 1976. Paragraph (b) of this section sets forth the findings which the Commission is required to make by section 9(c) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2058(c)). (b) Findings. 1 (1) The Commission finds that unreasonable risks of death or injury from accidents are associ

Quoted from 16 CFR Part 1207 on the eCFR, retrieved 2026-08-24 and last amended, per the eCFR, on 2016-10-02. The eCFR is the authoritative text; this page is a convenience copy.

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