Rhode Island General Laws 23-68-4. Safety standards established
The director of the department of health shall, by regulation, establish minimum safety standards for tanning facilities. The standards shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Establishment of a maximum safe time of exposure to radiation and a maximum safe temperature at which tanning devices may be operated;
(2) A requirement that a timer device be incorporated into each tanning device;
(3) A requirement that a patron at a tanning facility wear protective eye glasses when using tanning equipment and that a patron be supervised as to the length of time the patron uses tanning equipment at the facility;
(4) Requiring that the facility operator post easily legible, permanent warning signs near the tanning equipment that state: “Danger — Ultra-violet radiation. Follow all instructions. Avoid overexposure”; as well as a list, prepared by the director of the department of health, of prescription and non-prescription drugs that may cause photosensitivity in patients using a tanning center;
(5) Require that the facility have protective shielding for tanning equipment in the facility; and
(6) A prohibition on the use of tanning facilities by a person younger than eighteen (18) years of age.
(a) [Deleted by P.L. 2018, ch. 77, § 1 and P.L. 2018, ch. 88, § 1].
(b) [Deleted by P.L. 2018, ch. 77, § 1 and P.L. 2018, ch. 88, § 1].
History of Section.
P.L. 1996, ch. 333, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 406, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 411, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 88, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-68-4
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- tanning facility: means any location, place, area, structure, or business that either as a sole service or in conjunction with other services, provides patrons with access to sunlamps, ultraviolet lamps or other equipment intended to induce skin tanning through the irradiation of any part of the human body for cosmetic or nonmedical purposes. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-68-3