HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 94884        FILED ON: 7/14/2010

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4884

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act FURTHER REGULATING TANNING FACILITIES..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the following:

“Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 211, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 211. (a) No person under the age of fourteen shall use a tanning device.

(b) No person fourteen years of age to seventeen years of age, inclusive, shall be permitted to use a tanning device without the prior written consent of a parent or legal guardian.  Before obtaining consent, the tanning facility shall provide to the parent or guardian a copy of the warnings required under section 209. The parent or guardian shall sign a statement in the presence of the operator acknowledging receipt and understanding of the warnings. The operator shall sign the written consent form as a witness to the signing of the parent or guardian.” .