REGULATE TANNING FACILITIES S.B. 840 (S-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 840 (Substitute S-1 as reported) Sponsor: Senator Dale L. Shugars Committee: Health Policy and Senior Citizens
The bill would add new provisions to the Public Health Code to require the owner or operator of a tanning facility, before allowing a minor to use the facility, to obtain the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian; and require a person using a tanning device in a tanning facility to use protective eyewear. The bill is tie-barred to Senate Bill 839.
The bill provides that before allowing a minor under 18 years old to use a tanning device in a tanning facility, the owner or operator of the tanning facility would have to require the presentment of a statement similar to the statement required under Senate Bill 839 (which would require a customer to sign an acknowledgment that he or she had read and understood the required statement regarding the possible dangers of a tanning device), signed by the minor’s parent or legal guardian, indicating that the parent or guardian had read and understood the statement, consented to the minor’s use of a tanning device, and agreed that the minor would use protective eyewear.
The owner or operator of a tanning facility could not allow a minor who was less than 14 years old to use a tanning device in the tanning facility unless the minor were accompanied to the facility by a parent or legal guardian, and the parent or guardian signed a statement in the same manner as required above for an older minor.
The bill would require an individual who used a tanning device in a tanning facility to use protective eyewear.
Proposed MCL 333.13407 Legislative Analyst: G. Towne
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 2-29-96 Fiscal Analyst: P. Graham
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.