Bill Text: FL S0430 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 430 
 
By Senator Sobel 
31-00114B-10                                           2010430__ 
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; revising the age at which a minor is 
9         allowed to use a tanning device; prohibiting a minor 
10         younger than a certain age from using a tanning device 
11         at a tanning facility; deleting provisions authorizing 
12         the use of a tanning device by certain minors if 
13         accompanied by a parent or legal guardian; providing 
14         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 16-year-old or 17 
22  year-old minor between the ages of 14 and 18 to use a tanning 
23  device unless it has on file a statement signed by the minor’s 
24  parent or legal guardian and witnessed by the operator or 
25  proprietor of the tanning facility stating that the parent or 
26  legal guardian: 
27         (a) Has read and understands the warnings given by the 
28  tanning facility;, 
29         (b) Consents to the minor’s use of a tanning device;, and 
30         (c) Agrees that the minor will use the provided protective 
31  eyewear; and. 
32         (d) Authorizes a specified number of tanning sessions for 
33  the minor during a 12-month period. 
34 
35  An operator or proprietor of a tanning facility shall refuse 
36  service to a minor if the minor’s parent or legal guardian has 
37  not signed the statement as required by this subsection. 
38         (8) A minor younger than 16 years of under the age may not 
39  use a tanning device at a tanning facility of 14 must be 
40  accompanied by a parent or legal guardian when using a tanning 
41  device. 
42         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.