Senate Bill S5585

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to 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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2017-S5585 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3550 & 3555, Pub Health L

2017-S5585 - Summary

Relates to tanning facilities.

2017-S5585 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5585 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5585
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- 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 tanning facilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 3550 of the public health law, as added by chapter
 378 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3550. Definitions. When used in this article,  the  following  words
 and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
   1.  "Tanning  facility" shall mean any establishment where one or more
 ultraviolet radiation device is used, offered, or made available for use
 by any human being, [for which]  WHETHER  OR  NOT  a  fee  is  charged[,
 directly  or  indirectly,  but  shall not include any facility where any
 such device is used by a qualified health care professional  for  treat-
 ment of medical conditions].
   1-A.  "PHOTOTHERAPY  DEVICE"  MEANS  EQUIPMENT  THAT EMITS ULTRAVIOLET
 RADIATION AND IS USED IN THE DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT OF DISEASE OR  INJU-
 RY.
   2.  "Ultraviolet  radiation  device" shall mean any equipment which is
 designed to emit electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength interval of
 two hundred to four hundred nanometers in air, and which is intended  to
 induce tanning of the human skin through irradiation, including, but not
 limited to, a sunlamp, tanning booth, or tanning bed.
   3.  "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint
 venture, or any business entity.
   § 2. Section 3555 of the public health law, as amended by chapter  105
 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   §  3555.  Restrictions on the use of ultraviolet radiation devices. 1.
 THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PHYSICIAN WHO IS  DULY  LICENSED  TO
 PRACTICE  MEDICINE  IN  THIS STATE AND WHO, IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10747-01-7
              

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2017-S5585A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3550 & 3555, Pub Health L

2017-S5585A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to tanning facilities.

2017-S5585A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5585A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5585--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. BOYLE, ALCANTARA, BRESLIN, BROOKS, COMRIE, KAMINSKY,
   KENNEDY,  KRUEGER, LATIMER, PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to tanning facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3550 of the public health law, as added by  chapter
 378 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
   §  3550.  Definitions.  When used in this article, the following words
 and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
   1. "Tanning facility" shall mean any establishment where one  or  more
 ultraviolet radiation device is used, offered, or made available for use
 by any human being, [for which] WHETHER OR NOT a fee is charged, direct-
 ly  or  indirectly,  but  shall  not include any facility where any such
 device is used by a qualified health care professional for treatment  of
 medical conditions.
   2.  "Ultraviolet  radiation  device" shall mean any equipment which is
 designed to emit electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength interval of
 two hundred to four hundred nanometers in air, and which is intended  to
 induce tanning of the human skin through irradiation, including, but not
 limited to, a sunlamp, tanning booth, or tanning bed.
   3.  "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint
 venture, or any business entity.
   § 2. Section 3555 of the public health law, as amended by chapter  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

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

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