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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 04, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S250
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S250 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3555, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
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S7546
2017-S250 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S250 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to restrictions on the use of ultraviolet radiation devices PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To prohibit children under 18 years of age from using an ultra-violet radiation device. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 3555 of the public health law, as amended by Chapter 105 of the laws of 2012, is amended to prohibit a person under the age of 18 from using an ultraviolet radiation device. EXISTING LAW : Current law prohibits children under 17 years of age from using an ultraviolet radiation device. This bill would add 17 year olds to those prohibited. JUSTIFICATION :
2017-S250 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 250 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAMINSKY -- 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 restrictions on the use of ultraviolet radiation devices THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3555 of the public health law, as amended by chap- ter 105 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: § 3555. Restrictions on the use of ultraviolet radiation devices. 1. No owner, operator, or employee of a tanning facility shall permit the use of the tanning facility by a person eighteen years of age or older until such person provides a driver's license or other photographic identification card issued by a government entity or educational insti- tution indicating that the individual is at least eighteen years of age and the facility has on file a signed written statement, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, acknowledging that such person has read the warnings required under subdivision two of section thirty-five hundred fifty-four of this article and agrees to wear safety goggles before using an ultraviolet radiation device. Such signed statement of acknowledgment may be retained by the tanning facility off premises provided that an electronic image or facsimile of the original signed statement of acknowledgment is readily available by the owner or employ- ee responsible for the operation of the ultraviolet radiation device of such facility. 2. No owner, operator, or employee of a tanning facility shall permit the use of an ultraviolet radiation device by a person [seventeen to] UNDER 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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