SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2495        FILED ON: 4/1/2010

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2339

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:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 211, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 211.  (a) No person under the age of 16 shall use a tanning device. 

(b) No person 16 years of age to 17 years of age, inclusive, shall 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.