Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2704 – Exemptions
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2704
- Individual: means any human being. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2703
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Phototherapy device: means a piece of equipment that emits ultraviolet radiation and is used by a licensed health care professional in the treatment of disease. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2703
- Tanning equipment: means ultraviolet or other lamps and equipment containing such lamps intended to induce skin tanning through the irradiation of any part of the living human body with ultraviolet radiation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2703
- Ultraviolet radiation: means electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in air between two hundred nanometers and four hundred nanometers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2703
A. Any person is exempt from the provisions of this Chapter to the extent that such person:
(1) Uses equipment which emits ultraviolet radiation incidental to its normal operation.
(2) Does not use the equipment described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection to deliberately expose parts of the living human body to ultraviolet radiation for the purpose of tanning or other treatment.
B. Any physician licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners is exempt from the provisions of this Chapter and is authorized to use a phototherapy device or other medical diagnostic and therapeutic equipment which emits ultraviolet radiation.
C. Any individual is exempt from the provisions of this Chapter to the extent that such individual owns tanning equipment exclusively for noncommercial use.
D. Tanning equipment while in transit or storage incidental thereto is exempt from the provisions of this Chapter.
Acts 1990, No. 587, §1, eff. July 19, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 432, §1.