D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-F300

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 25-F300 - POLICY & PROCEDURES - AGE RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITION, AND PARENTAL/LEGAL GUARDIAN AUTHORIZATION*

300.1

The licensee shall require every customer, including the parent or legal guardian of minors, who uses the facility's tanning equipment and devices to sign an acknowledgement that he or she has:

(a) Received the required "Warning Statement" provided by the facility;

(b) Read and understood the required "Warning Statement" provided by the facility; and

(c) Agreed to use FDA compliant protective eyewear; and

(d) Consented to a minor's use of the facility's tanning equipment or devices by providing the facility with a properly completed "Parental/Legal Guardian Authorization Form", where applicable.

300.2

The general use of tanning equipment or devices shall be restricted to customers who are eighteen (18) years of age or older.

300.3

The licensee shall require a parent or legal guardian of a minor child to complete a "Parental/Legal Guardian Authorization Form" provided by the facility prior to the minor's use of the facility's tanning equipment or devices.

300.4

The licensee shall prohibit minors younger than fourteen (14) years of age from using ultraviolet tanning equipment or devices.

300.5

The licensee shall prohibit minors between fourteen (14) and seventeen (17) years of age from using ultraviolet tanning equipment or devices without a valid "Parental/Legal Guardian Authorization Form" on file. Proof of age shall be satisfied with a driver's license or other government issued identification containing the date of birth and a photograph of the individual, or school issued identifications.

300.6

For parents or legal guardians of minors who are sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age, prior to the minors' use of a facility's tanning equipment or devices, the tanning facility shall:

(a) Provide a copy of the "Warning Statement" identified in Section 302.4 to a parent or legal guardian; and

(b) Obtain a "Parental/Legal Guardian Authorization Form" from a parent or legal guardian that is signed and dated in the presence of the facility's operator. The "Parental/Legal Guardian Form" shall not be given to a minor to take home for signing.

300.7

For parents or legal guardians of minors who are fourteen (14) or fifteen (15) years of age, prior to the minors' use of a facility's tanning equipment or devices, the tanning facility shall:

(a) Provide a copy of the "Warning Statement" identified in Section 302.4 to the parent or legal guardian; and

(b) Obtain a "Parental/Legal Guardian Authorization Form" from a parent or legal guardian that is signed and dated in the presence of the facility's operator. The "Parental/Legal Guardian Authorization Form" shall not be given to a minor to take home for signing; and

(c) Require a parent or legal guardian to accompany the minor when using the facility's tanning equipment or devices.

300.8

The licensee shall not permit any infant or other minor in a tanning area where tanning equipment or devices are being used by a parent or legal guardian.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-F300

Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 3582 (March 15, 2013)

Authority: Section 4902 of the Department of Health Functions Clarification Act of 2001 (Act), effective October 3, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official Code § 7-731(a)(8) (2008 Repl. & 2012 Supp.)) and Mayor's Order 2007-63, dated March 8, 2007.