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HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC

             2     
INDOOR TANNING BEDS

             3     
2007 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Chief Sponsor: Patricia W. Jones

             6     
House Sponsor: Phil Riesen

             7     
             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill amends the Health Code to authorize the Department of Health to regulate
             11      public tanning facilities.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    defines terms;
             15          .    authorizes local health departments to issue permits for tanning facilities; and
             16          .    requires a person younger than 18 to obtain parental consent before using a tanning
             17      facility.
             18      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          None
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      AMENDS:
             24          26-15-2, as enacted by Chapter 126, Laws of Utah 1981
             25      ENACTS:
             26          26-15-13, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             27     
             28      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             29          Section 1. Section 26-15-2 is amended to read:


             30           26-15-2. Minimum rules of sanitation established by department.
             31          The department shall establish and enforce, or provide for the enforcement of minimum
             32      rules of sanitation necessary to protect the public health. Such rules shall include, but not be
             33      limited to, rules necessary for the design, construction, operation, maintenance, or expansion
             34      of:
             35          (1) restaurants and all places where food or drink is handled, sold or served to the
             36      public;
             37          (2) public swimming pools;
             38          (3) public baths including saunas, spas, massage parlors, and suntan parlors;
             39          (4) public bathing beaches;
             40          (5) schools which are publicly or privately owned or operated;
             41          (6) recreational resorts, camps, and vehicle parks;
             42          (7) amusement parks and all other centers and places used for public gatherings;
             43          (8) mobile home parks and highway rest stops;
             44          (9) construction or labor camps;
             45          (10) jails, prisons and other places of incarceration or confinement;
             46          (11) hotels and motels;
             47          (12) lodging houses and boarding houses;
             48          (13) service stations;
             49          (14) barbershops and beauty shops;
             50          (15) physician and dentist offices;
             51          (16) public buildings and grounds; [and]
             52          (17) public conveyances and terminals[.]; and
             53          (18) commercial tanning facilities.
             54          Section 2. Section 26-15-13 is enacted to read:
             55          26-15-13. Regulation of tanning facilities.
             56          (1) For purposes of this section:
             57          (a) "Phototherapy device" means equipment that emits ultraviolet radiation used by a


             58      health care professional in the treatment of disease.
             59          (b) (i) "Tanning device" means any equipment that emits electromagnetic radiation
             60      with wavelengths in the air between 200 and 400 nanometers used for tanning of the skin,
             61      including:
             62          (A) a sunlamp; and
             63          (B) a tanning booth or bed.
             64          (ii) "Tanning device" does not include a phototherapy device.
             65          (c) "Tanning facility" means any commercial location, place, area, structure, or
             66      business which provides persons access to any tanning device.
             67          (2) A tanning facility shall:
             68          (a) annually obtain a permit to do business as a tanning facility from the local health
             69      department with jurisdiction over the location in which the facility is located; and
             70          (b) in accordance with Subsection (3) post a warning sign in a conspicuous location
             71      that is readily visible to a person about to use a tanning device.
             72          (3) The posted warning and written consent required by Subsections (2) and (5) shall
             73      be developed by the department through administrative rules.
             74          (4) It is unlawful for any operator of a tanning facility to allow a person younger than
             75      18 years old to use a tanning device unless the minor's parent or legal guardian:
             76          (a) appears in person at the tanning facility the first time that the minor uses a tanning
             77      device, and at least once each 12 month period thereafter in which the minor uses the tanning
             78      device; and
             79          (b) signs the consent form required in Subsection (5).
             80          (5) The written consent required by Subsection (4) shall be signed and dated, and shall
             81      include at least:
             82          (a) information concerning the health risks associated with the use of a tanning device;
             83          (b) if the individual using the tanning device is a minor, a statement that:
             84          (i) the parent or legal guardian of the minor has read and understood the warnings
             85      given by the tanning facility, and consents to the minor's use of a tanning device;


             86          (ii) the parent or legal guardian agrees that the minor will use protective eye wear; and
             87          (iii) includes the number of tanning sessions within the 12 month period of time the
             88      parent is authorizing for the minor.
             89          (6) A violation of this section:
             90          (a) is a class C misdemeanor; and
             91          (b) may result in the revocation of a permit to do business as a tanning facility.
             92          (7) This section supercedes any ordinance enacted by the governing body of a political
             93      subdivision that imposes restrictions on access to a tanning device by a person younger than
             94      age 18 that is not essentially identical to the provisions of this section.


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