N.Y. Public Health Law 3555 – Restrictions on the use of ultraviolet radiation devices
§ 3555. Restrictions on the use of ultraviolet radiation devices. 1. No owner, operator, or employee of a tanning facility shall permit the use of the tanning facility by a person eighteen years of age or older until such person provides a driver's license or other photographic identification card issued by a government entity or educational institution indicating that the individual is at least eighteen years of age and the facility has on file a signed written statement, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, acknowledging that such person has read the warnings required under subdivision two of section thirty-five hundred fifty-four of this article and agrees to wear safety goggles before using an ultraviolet radiation device. Such signed statement of acknowledgment may be retained by the tanning facility off premises provided that an electronic image or facsimile of the original signed statement of acknowledgment is readily available by the owner or employee responsible for the operation of the ultraviolet radiation device of such facility.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 3555
- Person: shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, or any business entity. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3550
- Tanning facility: shall mean any establishment where one or more ultraviolet radiation device is used, offered, or made available for use by any human being, whether or not a fee is charged, directly or indirectly, but shall not include any facility where any such device is used by a qualified health care professional for treatment of medical conditions. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3550
- Ultraviolet radiation device: shall mean any equipment which is designed to emit electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength interval of two hundred to four hundred nanometers in air, and which is intended to induce tanning of the human skin through irradiation, including, but not limited to, a sunlamp, tanning booth, or tanning bed. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3550
2. No owner, operator, or employee of a tanning facility shall permit the use of an ultraviolet radiation device by a person under eighteen years of age.
3. This section shall be exclusive and shall preempt any contrary local law or ordinance, except that this section shall not preempt or supersede local laws or ordinances imposing additional stricter restrictions on the use and operation of ultraviolet radiation devices at tanning facilities which are in effect prior to the effective date of this section.