Rep. Robyn Gabel
Filed: 2/21/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1666 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1666 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
4    "Section 5. The Tanning Facility Permit Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 25 as follows:
 



6    (210 ILCS 145/25)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 8351-25)



7    Sec. 25. Operating requirements. 
8    (1) Each tanning facility shall have on
hand at all times 
9an operator adequately trained in the correct operation
of the 
10facility so as to be able to inform and assist the public in 
11its
proper use. Each operator shall perform the following 
12functions as a
precondition to the public having access to the 
13tanning facility being
made to the public:

14        (a) The operator shall require each person desiring to 
15    use the facility
to fill out a form specifying any and all 
16    prescription medicines and
over-the-counter medications 
 
 
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1    they are presently taking. The form shall be
kept as a 
2    permanent record of the individual's attendance and 
3    progress.

4        (b) The operator shall require each person desiring to 
5    use a tanning
facility to use protective eyewear.

6        (c) The operator shall instruct the user in the proper 
7    position to
maintain in relation to the tanning lamps 
8    within the facility; the position
of the safety railing, if 
9    applicable; the manual switching device to
terminate the 
10    radiation in case of emergency; and a recommended time of

11    exposure.

12        (d) The operator shall monitor the use of the facility 
13    to ensure that
the interior temperature does not exceed 100 
14    degrees fahrenheit or
34 degrees centigrade.

15        (e) The operator shall inspect the facility to ensure 
16    that the floors
are dry. The floors are to be made dry 
17    prior to each individual's use.

18        (f) The operator shall give each person using the 
19    facility a written copy of
the warning required under 
20    subsection (h) of Section 20 of this Act prior
to each 
21    person's use of the facility.  The operator shall post signs

22    warning consumers of the potential effects of radiation on 
23    persons taking
medication and the relationship of 
24    radiation to skin cancer.

25        (g) The operator shall be responsible for proper 
26    sanitizing procedures
for all sunlamp equipment and 
 
 
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1    protective eyewear between every user.
2    (2) A tanning facility may not permit any person less than 
318 years of age, regardless of whether the person has the 
4permission of a parent or guardian, to use tanning equipment or 
5a device defined as equipment that emits ultraviolet (UV) 
6radiation used for tanning of the skin, such as a sunlamp, 
7tanning booth, or tanning bed that emits electromagnetic 
8radiation with wavelengths in the air between 200 and 400 
9nanometers. For the purposes of this Section, "tanning 
10equipment" includes any accompanying equipment, such as 
11protective eyewear, timers, and handrails.  "Tanning equipment" 
12does not include any of the following:
13        (a) Phototherapy devices utilized by appropriate 
14    health care professionals under the direct supervision of a 
15    physician who is trained in the use of phototherapy 
16    devices.
17        (b) Devices used for personal use in a private 
18    residence.
19        (c) Devices intended for purposes other than the 
20    irradiation of human skin.
21        (d) Devices used to apply chemicals to the skin to 
22    achieve a bronze color, commonly referred to as spray-on, 
23    mist-on, or sunless tans.


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