BILL REQ. #:  S-3594.1 

Read first time 01/15/14.   Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

     AN ACT Relating to protecting children under the age of eighteen from the harmful effects of exposure to ultraviolet radiation associated with tanning devices; adding a new chapter to Title 18 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Tanning facility" means any location, place, area, structure, or business that provides persons access to any ultraviolet tanning device for a fee.
     (2) "Ultraviolet tanning device" means equipment that emits electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the air between two hundred and four hundred nanometers used for tanning of the skin including, but not limited to, a sunlamp, tanning booth, or tanning bed. An ultraviolet tanning device does not mean a phototherapy device which may be used by or under the direct supervision of a licensed physician who is trained in the use of phototherapy devices.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   (1) Persons under eighteen years of age are prohibited from using an ultraviolet tanning device.
     (2) Proof of age must be satisfied with a driver's license or other government-issued identification containing the date of birth and a photograph of the individual.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   The owner of a tanning facility that violates this chapter is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars per violation in addition to any other penalty established by law.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4   Sections 1 through 3 of this act constitute a new chapter in Title 18 RCW.