94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0452


 
Introduced 1/26/2005, by Rep. Kevin Joyce
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














210 ILCS 145/25
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8351-25







    Amends the Tanning Facility Permit Act. Provides that a tanning facility may not permit any person less than 18 years of age to use the facility, regardless of whether such a person has the permission of a parent or guardian to use the facility. Provides that a tanning facility must take appropriate steps to ensure that no person less than 18 years of age uses the facility.
















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A BILL FOR









 











HB0452

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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Tanning Facility Permit Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 25 as follows:
 



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    (210 ILCS 145/25)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8351-25)



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    Sec. 25. Operating requirements. 
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    (1) Each tanning facility shall have on
hand at all times 
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an operator adequately trained in the correct operation
of the 
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facility so as to be able to inform and assist the public in 
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its
proper use. Each operator shall perform the following 
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functions as a
precondition to the public having access to the 
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tanning facility being
made to the public:

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    (a) The operator shall require each person desiring to use 
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the facility
to fill out a form specifying any and all 
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prescription medicines and
over-the-counter medications they 
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are presently taking. The form shall be
kept as a permanent 
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record of the individual's attendance and progress.

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    (b) The operator shall require each person desiring to use 
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a tanning
facility to use protective eyewear.

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    (c) The operator shall instruct the user in the proper 
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position to
maintain in relation to the tanning lamps within 
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the facility; the position
of the safety railing, if 
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applicable; the manual switching device to
terminate the 
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radiation in case of emergency; and a recommended time of

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exposure.

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    (d) The operator shall monitor the use of the facility to 
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ensure that
the interior temperature does not exceed 100 
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degrees fahrenheit or
34 degrees centigrade.

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    (e) The operator shall inspect the facility to ensure that 
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the floors
are dry. The floors are to be made dry prior to each 
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individual's use.

 


 






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    (f) The operator shall give each person using the facility 
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a written copy of
the warning required under subsection (h) of 
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Section 20 of this Act prior
to each person's use of the 
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facility.  The operator shall post signs
warning consumers of 
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the potential effects of radiation on persons taking
medication 
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and the relationship of radiation to skin cancer.

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    (g) The operator shall be responsible for proper sanitizing 
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procedures
for all sunlamp equipment and protective eyewear 
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between every user.
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    (2) A tanning facility may not permit any person less than 
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18 years of age to use the facility, regardless of whether such 
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a person has the permission of a parent or guardian to use the 
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facility. A tanning facility must take appropriate steps to 
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ensure that no person less than 18 years of age uses the 
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facility.


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(Source: P.A. 87-636.)