Bill Text: NY A07218 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to tanning facilities.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-4)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-16 - signed chap.194 [A07218 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A07218-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7218--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 12, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE, D'URSO, ORTIZ, JEAN-PIERRE, ABINANTI, GALEF, LIFTON, STECK, FAHY, O'DONNELL, WOERNER, ROSENTHAL, WILLIAMS, GJONAJ, GLICK, ARROYO, GOTTFRIED, RAIA, LAVINE, MORELLE, PAULIN, DICK- ENS, SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to tanning facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3550 of the public health law, as added by chapter 2 378 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 3550. Definitions. When used in this article, the following words 4 and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section: 5 1. "Tanning facility" shall mean any establishment where one or more 6 ultraviolet radiation device is used, offered, or made available for use 7 by any human being, [for which] whether or not a fee is charged, direct- 8 ly or indirectly, but shall not include any facility where any such 9 device is used by a qualified health care professional for treatment of 10 medical conditions. 11 2. "Ultraviolet radiation device" shall mean any equipment which is 12 designed to emit electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength interval of 13 two hundred to four hundred nanometers in air, and which is intended to 14 induce tanning of the human skin through irradiation, including, but not 15 limited to, a sunlamp, tanning booth, or tanning bed. 16 3. "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint 17 venture, or any business entity. 18 § 2. Section 3555 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 105 19 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 20 § 3555. Restrictions on the use of ultraviolet radiation devices. 1. 21 No owner, operator, or employee of a tanning facility shall permit the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10747-02-7A. 7218--A 2 1 use of the tanning facility by a person eighteen years of age or older 2 until such person provides a driver's license or other photographic 3 identification card issued by a government entity or educational insti- 4 tution indicating that the individual is at least eighteen years of age 5 and the facility has on file a signed written statement, in a form 6 prescribed by the commissioner, acknowledging that such person has read 7 the warnings required under subdivision two of section thirty-five 8 hundred fifty-four of this article and agrees to wear safety goggles 9 before using an ultraviolet radiation device. Such signed statement of 10 acknowledgment may be retained by the tanning facility off premises 11 provided that an electronic image or facsimile of the original signed 12 statement of acknowledgment is readily available by the owner or employ- 13 ee responsible for the operation of the ultraviolet radiation device of 14 such facility. 15 2. No owner, operator, or employee of a tanning facility shall permit 16 the use of an ultraviolet radiation device by a person [seventeen to] 17 under eighteen years of age [until such person provides the tanning18facility with the written consent, in a form prescribed by the commis-19sioner, of a parent or legal guardian to use such tanning facility. The20parent or legal guardian shall sign such consent form in the presence of21the owner of the tanning facility or an employee responsible for the22operation of the ultraviolet radiation device of such facility indicat-23ing that such parent or guardian has read the warnings required under24subdivision two of section thirty-five hundred fifty-four of this arti-25cle and that the person seventeen to eighteen years of age agrees to26wear safety goggles before using an ultraviolet radiation device. Such27original written consent shall be retained by the tanning facility for a28period of twelve months and may be retained off premises provided that29an electronic image or facsimile of the original signed consent form is30readily available by the owner or employee responsible for the operation31of the ultraviolet radiation device of such facility.323. A written consent form signed by a parent or legal guardian pursu-33ant to subdivision two of this section shall expire twelve months from34the date it is signed by the parent or legal guardian. Upon the expira-35tion of a written consent form, a new written consent shall be provided36in the manner prescribed in subdivision two of this section prior to the37use of an ultraviolet radiation device by any person seventeen to eigh-38teen years of age.394. No owner, operator, or employee of a tanning facility shall permit40the use of an ultraviolet radiation device by persons sixteen years of41age and under]. 42 3. This section shall be exclusive and shall preempt any contrary 43 local law or ordinance, except that this section shall not preempt or 44 supersede local laws or ordinances imposing additional stricter 45 restrictions on the use and operation of ultraviolet radiation devices 46 at tanning facilities which are in effect prior to the effective date of 47 this section. 48 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.