Section 392-G. Sale of ultraviolet radiation devices  


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  • 1. When used in this
      section, the  following  words  and  phrases  shall  have  the  meanings
      ascribed to them in this section:
        (a)  "Tanning facility" shall mean any establishment where one or more
      ultraviolet radiation device is used, offered, or made available for use
      by any human being, for which a fee is charged, directly or  indirectly,
      but  shall  not  include any facility where any such device is used by a
      qualified health care professional for treatment of medical conditions.
        (b) "Ultraviolet radiation device" shall mean any equipment  which  is
      designed to emit electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength interval of
      two  hundred to four hundred nanometers in air, and which is intended to
      induce tanning of the human skin through irradiation, including, but not
      limited to, a sunlamp, tanning booth, or tanning bed.
        (c) "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint
      venture, or any business entity.
        2. No person shall offer for sale any ultraviolet radiation device for
      use in a tanning facility, or for the personal use of a consumer, unless
      such device is conspicuously labeled with a warning stating  the  health
      hazards associated with the use of such device, and setting forth a safe
      exposure  schedule,  and  such  device  is equipped with a timing device
      limiting exposure time to safe exposure levels.
        3. Each  ultraviolet  radiation  device  offered  for  sale  shall  be
      accompanied without additional cost therefor by safety goggles.
        4. Each ultraviolet radiation device offered for sale shall include an
      easily  accessible  on/off  switch permitting an individual, while using
      the device, to turn off the radiation at any time the device is in use.
        5. Any person who knowingly fails to comply with the  requirements  of
      this  section  shall  be  assessed  a  civil penalty not to exceed fifty
      dollars for the first  violation,  one  hundred  dollars  for  a  second
      violation,  and  two hundred fifty dollars for any subsequent violation.
      Each day  such  offense  shall  continue  shall  constitute  a  separate
      additional  violation.  It  shall  be a defense to the imposition of any
      such civil penalty that the device was labeled and equipped as  required
      by  this  section  and  such label or equipment was removed, defaced, or
      rendered inoperable by vandals, provided the person required  to  comply
      with this section subsequently so complies.