Lancaster County
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Public Bathing Places Program
In short
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Public Bathing Places Program issues 1 permit we publish for Lancaster County, last verified 2026-10-01. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Bathing Place Permitonly if it applies to you | Pennsylvania Department of Health, Public Bathing Places Program | $10 one-time, per application; a new owner or lessee must re-apply and re-pay at change of ownership; no separate recurring or annual fee exists | no renewal cycle — required before construction/operation; a change of ownership requires a new permit in the new owner's name, which triggers the fee again | 2026-10-01 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Public Bathing Place Permit
A fitness studio operating a pool, spa, or hot tub in Lancaster County needs this permit directly from the Pennsylvania Department of Health — not a county agency, since Lancaster runs no county health department of its own. The fee is confirmed at $10 by three current primary sources: 28 Pa Code §18.13 ('Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of $10 payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania'), the Public Bathing Law's own Section 5(c), and PA DOH's current public-facing service page, which states 'The cost for each bathing place unit permit is $10.' The Public Bathing Law's Section 10 states directly: 'No township, borough, city, or county... shall impose any license fee in addition to the fees herein prescribed' — so there is no separate recurring or annual fee on top of the one-time $10 application fee. A new owner or lessee must obtain a new permit in their own name under 28 Pa Code §18.11, which triggers the $10 fee again at that time.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Lancaster County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- 28 Pa Code Chapter 18, Public Swimming and Bathing PlacesPennsylvania Code & Bulletin · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
- PA Department of Health, Request Public Bathing Place Approval (service page)Pennsylvania Department of Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
- Public Bathing Law, Act of June 23, 1931, P.L. 899, No. 299 (full current compiled text, as amended through Act 75 of 1998)Pennsylvania General Assembly · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
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