Bill Text: CT SB00263 | 2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring Tanning Facilities To Provide Notification Of The Health Risks Associated With The Use Of Tanning Devices.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-24 - Public Hearing 03/01 [SB00263 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-SB00263-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 263
February Session, 2010		LCO No. 1418
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Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT REQUIRING TANNING FACILITIES TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION OF THE HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF TANNING DEVICES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 19a-232 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):

(a) As used in this section:

(1) "Consumer" means any individual who (A) is provided access to a tanning facility in exchange for a fee or other compensation, or (B) in exchange for a fee or other compensation, is afforded use of a tanning device as a condition or benefit of membership or access;

(2) "Operator" means an individual designated by the tanning facility to control operation of the tanning facility and to instruct and assist the consumer in the proper operation of the tanning device;

(3) "Tanning device" means any equipment that emits radiation used for tanning of the skin, such as a sunlamp, tanning booth or tanning bed that emits ultraviolet radiation, and includes any accompanying equipment, such as timers or handrails; and

(4) "Tanning facility" means any place where a tanning device is used for a fee, membership dues or other compensation.

(b) Each tanning facility shall: (1) Post a sign readily visible to persons entering such facility that includes (A) warnings about the health risks associated with the use of a tanning device, (B) instructions for the use of such device, and (C) notice that consumer complaints may be directed to the municipal health department or health district in which the tanning facility is located; and (2) require consumers, prior to the use of any tanning device, to read and sign a statement that includes warnings about health risks associated with the use of tanning devices. Signs and statements required by this subsection shall be approved by the municipal health department or health district for the municipality in which the tanning facility is located.

[(b)] (c) Any operator who, knowing that a person is under sixteen years of age or under circumstances where such operator should know that a person is under sixteen years of age, allows such person to use a tanning device without the written consent of a parent or guardian shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. Such fine shall be payable to the municipal health department or health district for the municipality in which the tanning facility is located.

[(c)] (d) Any municipal health department established under this chapter and any district department of health established under chapter 368f may, within its available resources, enforce the provisions of this section.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2010	19a-232

Statement of Purpose:

To require tanning facilities to inform consumers of the health risks associated with the use of a tanning device prior to the use of such devices.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]