By: Solomons, Shelton, et al. H.B. No. 1310
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of a tanning facility device by a minor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 145.008(f), (g), and (i), Health and
Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
(f) To ensure the proper operation of the tanning equipment,
a tanning facility may not allow:
(1) a person younger than 16.5 [13] years of age to use
a tanning device; and
(2) a person younger than 18 years of age to use a
tanning device unless[:
[(1) the facility receives written permission from the
person's physician allowing the person to use the device; and
[(2)] the person's parent or legal guardian, in person
at the facility, consents in writing for the person to use the
device, which may be revoked at any time [remains at the tanning
facility while the person uses the device].
(g) Before any person younger than 18 [16 or 17] years of age
uses a tanning facility device for the first time, the person must
give the operator a written informed consent statement signed and
dated by the person and the person's parent or legal guardian
stating that the person and the parent or legal guardian:
(1) have [has] read and understood the advisory
statement issued by the Texas Medical Board, warning of the dangers
of indoor and outdoor tanning and its association with skin cancer,
eye damage, and other health risks, provided [warnings given] by
the tanning facility;[, consents to the minor's use of a tanning
device,] and
(2) agree [agrees] that the minor will use protective
eyewear at all times while using the tanning device. [In addition, a
person 13, 14, or 15 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or
legal guardian who must remain at the tanning facility while the
person uses the tanning device.]
(i) A record of each customer using a tanning device shall
be maintained at the tanning facility at least until the third
anniversary of the date of the customer's last use of a tanning
device. The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission [board] by rule shall prescribe the form and
content of the records. The record shall include:
(1) the date and time of the customer's use of a
tanning device;
(2) the length of time the tanning device was used;
(3) any injury or illness resulting from the use of a
tanning device;
(4) any parent or guardian consent required under
Subsection (f) or any written informed consent statement required
to be signed under Subsection (e) or (g);
(5) the customer's skin type, as determined by the
customer by using the Fitzpatrick scale for classifying a skin
type;
(6) whether the customer has a family history of skin
cancer; and
(7) whether the customer has a past medical history of
skin cancer.
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2010:
(1) the Texas Medical Board shall adopt the advisory
statement required under Section 145.008(g), Health and Safety
Code, as amended by this Act, and post the advisory statement on the
board's Internet website in a form that is easily downloaded and
printed by a tanning facility owner or operator; and
(2) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall modify as necessary the prescribed form
and content for the records required under Section 145.008(i),
Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
(b) Section 1 of this Act takes effect January 1, 2010.