S3083-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO HEALTH
• Feb 8, 2011: REFERRED TO HEALTH

S3083-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3083

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public health law, in relation to increasing the minimum
age of persons permitted to use tanning facilities

PURPOSE OF THE BILL:
This bill intends to protect young teenagers from
using tanning facilities until they have reached the age of 16.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends subdivisions 2, 3, 4 of
section 3555 of the public health law by changing the minimum age for
use of tanning facilities from fourteen to sixteen.

JUSTIFICATION:
There is a growing concern over the safety of tanning
beds and the dangerous effects it has on young persons. The recent
reports show that a person who begins tanning before the age of
thirty raises their risks for skin cancer by 75%. This bill will
protect teenagers under the vulnerable age of 16 from engaging in
this dangerous activity.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This legislation was previously introduced.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after
it shall have become law.

S3083-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         3083
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 February 8, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  increasing  the
 minimum age of persons permitted to use tanning facilities
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 4  of  section  3555  of  the  public
 health  law, as added by chapter 573 of the laws of 2006, are amended to
 read as follows:

 2. No owner, operator, or employee of a tanning facility shall  permit
 the  use  of  an  ultraviolet  radiation  device  by a person [fourteen]
 SIXTEEN to eighteen years of age until such person provides the  tanning
 facility  with  the written consent, in a form prescribed by the commis
 sioner, of a parent or legal guardian to use such tanning facility.  The
 parent or legal guardian shall sign such consent form in the presence of
 the  owner  of  the  tanning facility or an employee responsible for the
 operation of the ultraviolet radiation device of such facility  indicat
 ing  that  such  parent or guardian has read the warnings required under
 subdivision two of section thirty-five hundred fifty-four of this  arti
 cle  and  that  the  person  [fourteen] SIXTEEN to eighteen years of age
 agrees to wear safety goggles  before  using  an  ultraviolet  radiation
 device.  Such  original written consent shall be retained by the tanning
 facility for a period of twelve months and may be retained off  premises
 provided  that  an  electronic image or facsimile of the original signed
 consent form is readily available by the owner or  employee  responsible
 for the operation of the ultraviolet radiation device of such facility.
 3.  A written consent form signed by a parent or legal guardian pursu
 ant to subdivision two of this section shall expire twelve  months  from
 the  date it is signed by the parent or legal guardian. Upon the expira
 tion of a written consent form, a new written consent shall be  provided
 in the manner prescribed in subdivision two of this section prior to the
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08986-01-1
 
       S. 3083                             2
 use  of an ultraviolet radiation device by any person [fourteen] SIXTEEN
 to eighteen years of age.
 4.  No owner, operator, or employee of a tanning facility shall permit
 the use of an ultraviolet radiation device by persons  under  [fourteen]
 SIXTEEN years of age.
 

S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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