Rep. Kevin Joyce
Filed: 3/10/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 452




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 452 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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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 allow any minor under 14 
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years of age to use a tanning device, either alone or in the 
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presence of another individual.  Before allowing a minor who is 
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at least 14 years of age but less than 18 years of age to have 
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access to a tanning device, a tanning facility must obtain the 
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written consent of a parent or legal guardian of the minor 
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consenting to the minor's use of the tanning device.  The parent 
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or legal guardian must sign the consent form in the presence of 
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a tanning facility operator who is not a minor, indicating that 
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the parent or guardian has read and understood the warnings 
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required under subsection (h) of Section 20 or in rules adopted 
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by the Department.  The parent or guardian shall not be required 
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to be in the tanning room or booth with the minor.


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