The director of the department of health shall, by regulation, establish minimum safety standards for tanning facilities. The standards shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Establishment of a maximum safe time of exposure to radiation and a maximum safe temperature at which tanning devices may be operated; (2) A requirement that a timer device be incorporated into each tanning device; (3) A requirement that a patron at a tanning facility wear protective eye glasses when using tanning equipment and that a patron be supervised as to the length of time the patron uses tanning equipment at the facility; (4) Requiring that the facility operator post easily legible, permanent warning signs near the tanning equipment that state: “Danger — Ultra-violet radiation. Follow all instructions. Avoid overexposure”; as well as a list, prepared by the director of the department of health, of prescription and non-prescription drugs that may cause photosensitivity in patients using a tanning center; (5) Require that the facility have protective shielding for tanning equipment in the facility; and (6) A prohibition on the use of tanning facilities by a person younger than eighteen (18) years of age. (a) [Deleted by P.L. 2018, ch. 77, § 1 and P.L. 2018, ch. 88, § 1]. (b) [Deleted by P.L. 2018, ch. 77, § 1 and P.L. 2018, ch. 88, § 1].
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