Policy & Recommendations
Below are links to current and historical policy documents, position statements, case definitions, technical reports, and clinical reports related to recreational water.
Model Aquatic Health Code
Recreational Water Illness, Benefits, and Injury
- Clinical Reports
- AAP. Rice SG, Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness. Medical conditions affecting sports participationexternal icon. 2008;121:841-8.
- AAP. Murphy NA, Carbone PS, Council on Children With Disabilities. Promoting the participation of children with disabilities in sports, recreation, and physical activitiesexternal icon. Pediatrics. 2008;121(5):1057-61.
- Position Statements
- Prevention and control of recreational water illnesses pdf icon[PDF – 4 pages]external icon. 2004.
- AAP. Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Personal watercraft use by children and adolescentsexternal icon. Pediatrics. 2000;105:452-3.
- Policy Statements and Technical Reports
- AAP. Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention, Weiss J. Prevention of drowningexternal icon. Pediatrics. 2019;143(5): e20190850.
- AAP. Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness and Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Policy statement—swimming programs for infants and toddlersexternal icon. Pediatrics. 2000;105(4):868-71.
- AAP. Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention. Prevention of drowning in infants, children, and adolescentsexternal icon. Pediatrics. 2003;112(2):437-40.
- AAP. Committee on Environmental Health. Policy statement-ultraviolet light: A hazard to childrenexternal icon. Pediatrics. 1999;104:328-33.
- Government Actions
Cryptosporidiosis
- Case Definitions
- Position Statements
Giardiasis
- Case Definitions
State-based Healthy Swimming Information
Page last reviewed: December 13, 2021
Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention