Bill Text: FL S0430 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Tanning Facilities/Use by Minors [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations [S0430 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0430-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                              CS for SB 430 
 
By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Sobel 
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1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to tanning facilities; amending s. 
3         381.89, F.S.; requiring that the operator or 
4         proprietor of a tanning facility witness the signing 
5         of a written statement by the parent or legal guardian 
6         of a minor before the minor is allowed to use a 
7         tanning device; providing requirements for the written 
8         statement; prohibiting a minor younger than a certain 
9         age from using a tanning device at a tanning facility; 
10         deleting provisions authorizing the use of a tanning 
11         device by certain minors if accompanied by a parent or 
12         legal guardian; allowing use of a tanning device by 
13         certain minors as treatment prescribed by a health 
14         care provider; providing an effective date. 
15 
16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
17 
18         Section 1. Subsections (7) and (8) of section 381.89, 
19  Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
20         381.89 Regulation of tanning facilities.— 
21         (7) A tanning facility may not allow a minor between the 
22  ages of 14 years of age or older and 18 to use a tanning device 
23  unless it has on file a statement signed by the minor’s parent 
24  or legal guardian and witnessed by the operator or proprietor of 
25  the tanning facility stating that the parent or legal guardian: 
26         (a) Has read and understands the warnings given by the 
27  tanning facility;, 
28         (b) Consents to the minor’s use of a tanning device;, and 
29         (c) Agrees that the minor will use the provided protective 
30  eyewear; and. 
31         (d) Authorizes a specified number of tanning sessions for 
32  the minor during a 12-month period. The number of tanning 
33  sessions authorized by the parent or legal guardian may not 
34  exceed the number authorized by rules of the department and the 
35  manufacturer’s exposure schedule. 
36 
37  An operator or proprietor of a tanning facility shall refuse 
38  service to a minor if the minor’s parent or legal guardian has 
39  not, in the operator’s or proprietor’s presence, signed the 
40  statement as required by this subsection. 
41         (8) A minor younger than 14 years of under the age may not 
42  use a tanning device at a tanning facility of 14 must be 
43  accompanied by a parent or legal guardian when using a tanning 
44  device. This subsection does not apply if use of the tanning 
45  device is prescribed by a health care provider. However, the 
46  parent or legal guardian must comply with subsection (7) if use 
47  of the tanning device is prescribed by the health care provider. 
48         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.