Connecticut General Statutes 21a-227 – Health club closings. Electronic monitoring of sales presentations
(a) When any health club is closing or transferring its place of business to another location, the health club, at least sixty days before closing or transferring, shall: (1) Notify the Department of Consumer Protection; (2) notify all current members; (3) notify all prospective members prior to entering into any health club contract; and (4) publish a notice in a newspaper with general circulation throughout this state that the health club is closing or transferring its place of business.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 21a-227
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Buyer: means a person who enters into, or receives the benefit of, a health club contract. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-216
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Health club: means any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other business enterprise offering facilities for the preservation, maintenance, encouragement or development of physical fitness or well-being in return for the payment of a fee entitling the buyer to the use of such facilities. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-216
(b) No health club shall electronically monitor sales presentations between an employee of a health club and a prospective buyer unless the prospective buyer is notified that the sales presentation is being electronically monitored and the prospective buyer is given the option to require that the electronic monitor be shut off.