Sec. 19a-232. Tanning facilities. Parental consent for minors. Fines and enforcement.
Sec. 19a-232. Tanning facilities. Parental consent for minors. Fines and enforcement. (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Consumer" means any individual who (A) is provided access to a tanning facility in exchange for a fee or other compensation, or (B) in exchange for a fee or other
compensation, is afforded use of a tanning device as a condition or benefit of membership
or access;
(2) "Operator" means an individual designated by the tanning facility to control
operation of the tanning facility and to instruct and assist the consumer in the proper
operation of the tanning device;
(3) "Tanning device" means any equipment that emits radiation used for tanning
of the skin, such as a sunlamp, tanning booth or tanning bed that emits ultraviolet radiation, and includes any accompanying equipment, such as timers or handrails; and
(4) "Tanning facility" means any place where a tanning device is used for a fee,
membership dues or other compensation.
(b) Any operator who, knowing that a person is under sixteen years of age or under
circumstances where such operator should know that a person is under sixteen years of
age, allows such person to use a tanning device without the written consent of a parent
or guardian shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. Such fine shall be payable
to the municipal health department or health district for the municipality in which the
tanning facility is located.
(c) Any municipal health department established under this chapter and any district
department of health established under chapter 368f may, within its available resources,
enforce the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 06-195, S. 22.)