SB2244 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2244

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Christine Radogno

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 145/27 new

Amends the Tanning Facility Permit Act. Provides that a person under 18 years of age may not use an ultraviolet lamp or a product containing such a lamp for the irradiation of any part of the person's body at a tanning facility and that neither an owner of a tanning facility nor an operator at a tanning facility may permit such use by a person under 18 years of age. Provides that these provisions do not prohibit spray tanning at a tanning facility by a person under 18 years of age.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Tanning Facility Permit Act is amended by adding Section 27 as follows:

(210 ILCS 145/27 new)

Sec. 27. Ultraviolet lamp tanning by person under age 18 prohibited.

(a) A person under 18 years of age may not use an ultraviolet lamp or a product containing such a lamp for the irradiation of any part of the person's body at a tanning facility.

(b) Neither an owner of a tanning facility nor an operator at a tanning facility may permit the use of an ultraviolet lamp or a product containing such a lamp at the tanning facility for the irradiation of any part of the body of a person under 18 years of age.

(c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit a person under 18 years of age from spray tanning at a tanning facility without the use of an ultraviolet lamp or a product containing such a lamp for the irradiation of any part of the person's body. For purposes of this subsection, "spray tanning" means the application of chemicals to the skin to produce an effect similar in appearance to a suntan.