CMAHC Certification Process

Launched in 2018, CMAHC Certification ensures your customers that the services and products you provide meet strict standards to help protect people’s health and safety at public aquatic venues.

Through the Certification program, CMAHC certifies that services or products comply with the relevant or applicable standards and procedures outlined in the latest version of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC), the only all-inclusive model public health code for public aquatic facilities. The certification process includes a thorough product evaluation based on the MAHC content related to the specific product or service. Aquatic services and products must meet or exceed all applicable standards in these areas to earn a CMAHC Certification.

CMAHC Certification is not a one-time occurrence; the intent is to build a long-term quality control partnership. After the initial certification process, CMAHC will re-evaluate a company’s service or product annually to ensure it continues to meet the same high standards required in the MAHC to maintain certification.

Services or products that earn CMAHC Certification are considered "CMAHC Certified." They display the CMAHC Certification mark to show they have been evaluated for conformance with requirements in the MAHC.

The CMAHC Certification program awarded its first certification to an aquatic facility management product in 2018. CMAHC has developed other certification processes to expand its program to cover:

Visit the CMAHC Certified page for a list of aquatic products and services that have been certified by the CMAHC for compliance with the MAHC.

If you are interested in obtaining a CMAHC Certification for your aquatic service or product, please fill out this application and submit it to Dewey Case and Susan Wichmann.