Bill Text: TX SB329 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition on the use of a tanning facility by a minor.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB329 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB329-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition on the use of a tanning facility by a minor.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB329 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB329-Engrossed.html
By: Huffman, Garcia | S.B. No. 329 |
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relating to a prohibition on the use of a tanning facility by a | ||
minor. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsections (e), (f), and (i), Section 145.008, | ||
Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
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a tanning facility's tanning device for the first time and each time | ||
a person executes or renews a contract to use a tanning facility, | ||
the person must provide photo identification and sign a written | ||
statement acknowledging that the person has read and understood the | ||
required warnings before using the device and agrees to use | ||
protective eyewear. | ||
(f) To ensure the proper operation of the tanning equipment, | ||
a tanning facility may not allow[ |
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(i) A record of each customer using a tanning device shall | ||
be maintained at the tanning facility at least until the third | ||
anniversary of the date of the customer's last use of a tanning | ||
device. The executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission by rule shall prescribe the form and content of | ||
the records. The record shall include: | ||
(1) the date and time of the customer's use of a | ||
tanning device; | ||
(2) the length of time the tanning device was used; | ||
(3) any injury or illness resulting from the use of a | ||
tanning device; | ||
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(5) the customer's skin type, as determined by the | ||
customer by using the Fitzpatrick scale for classifying a skin | ||
type; | ||
(6) whether the customer has a family history of skin | ||
cancer; and | ||
(7) whether the customer has a past medical history of | ||
skin cancer. | ||
SECTION 2. Subsection (g), Section 145.008, Health and | ||
Safety Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Subsection (i), Section | ||
145.008, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, a tanning | ||
facility must maintain a record of the information required under | ||
Subsections (g) and (i), Section 145.008, Health and Safety Code, | ||
as that law existed before the effective date of this Act, for a | ||
customer younger than 18 years old until the third anniversary of | ||
the date of the customer's last use of a tanning device. | ||
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |