Assembly Bill A6793

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Increases the minimum age of persons permitted to use tanning facilities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A6793 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3083
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3555, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A9199, S6905

2011-A6793 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the minimum age of persons permitted to use tanning facilities.

2011-A6793 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6793

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 31, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, CASTRO, COOK, GALEF, JAFFEE, MARKEY,
  REILLY, N. RIVERA, SPANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BOYLAND,
  CYMBROWITZ,  HIKIND, MAISEL, McENENY, MILLMAN, MOLINARO, PAULIN, PHEF-
  FER,  SCARBOROUGH,  SCHIMEL,  TITONE,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and
  referred 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08986-01-1
              

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