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:
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   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.
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   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.