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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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.  Section 207 of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “Board of health” the following definition:-
     “Operator”, a person employed and trained by a tanning facility to control, maintain or operate a tanning device under sections 207 to 213, inclusive, and to assist or instruct customers of the tanning facility in the correct use or operation of a tanning device.
     SECTION 2.  Section 210 of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following paragraph:-
     No tanning facility shall employ as an operator a person under 18 years of age or permit any other employee of the tanning facility who is under 18 years of age to operate a tanning device.
     SECTION 3.  Said chapter 111 is hereby amended by striking out section 211, as so appearing, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
     Section 211.  No person under 18 years of age shall use a tanning device.

Approved, February 5, 2016.