Senate Bill S250

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits anyone under eighteen years of age from using an ultraviolet radiation device

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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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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:
S7546

2017-S250 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits anyone under eighteen years of age from using an ultraviolet radiation device.

2017-S250 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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