Missouri Laws 577.665 – Minors, parental consent required, when — definitions — standard consent ..
1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:
(1) “Tanning device”, any equipment that emits electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the air between two hundred and four hundred nanometers used for tanning of the skin, including but not limited to a sunlamp, tanning booth or tanning bed;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 577.665
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Guardian: if used in a section in a context relating to property rights or obligations, means conservator of the estate as defined in chapter 475. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Tanning facility”, any location, place, area, structure, or business which provides persons access to any tanning device for a fee, membership dues, or any other form of compensation.
2. Prior to any person less than seventeen years of age using a tanning device in a tanning facility, a parent or guardian of such person shall annually appear in person at the tanning facility and sign a written statement acknowledging that the parent or guardian has read and understands the warnings given by the tanning facility and consents to the person’s use of a tanning device at the tanning facility.
3. The department of health and senior services shall, by rule, develop a standard consent form to be used by all tanning facilities operating in this state. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2014, shall be invalid and void.
4. Any tanning facility that violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars for a first violation, two hundred fifty dollars for a second violation, and five hundred dollars for each subsequent violation. Every use of a tanning device in a tanning facility in violation of this section is a separate offense.
*5. The duties and penalties provided under this section shall not take effect or be enforced until the rule containing the standard consent form has been adopted pursuant to subsection 3 of this section.