10-144-223 Me. Code R. § 4

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 144-223-4 - CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION
A.Issuance of New Certificate of Registration. Upon determination that an applicant meets the requirements of Section 3, the Department will issue a certificate of registration, which is valid for one year.
1. The Department may incorporate in the certificate of registration at the time of issuance or thereafter by appropriate rule, regulation or order, such additional requirements and conditions, with respect to the registrant's receipt, possession, use and transfer of tanning facilities, as it deems appropriate or necessary to protect the public health.
2. Except as provided in Section 3(A), no person shall operate a tanning facility until the Department has issued the certificate of registration, pursuant to 22 MRS §677(2).
3. The registrant must display the certificate of registration in a conspicuous place visible to customers at the tanning facility.
B.Expiration of Certificate of Registration. Except as provided in Section 4(C)(2), each certificate of registration shall expire after 12 months of issuance, or upon an expiration date to be determined by the Department.
C.Renewal of Existing Certificate of Registration
1. Application for renewal of a certificate of registration must be filed in accordance with Section 3.
2. In any case in which a registrant has filed a renewal application in proper form no later than 30 days prior to the expiration of its existing registration, such existing registration shall remain in effect until the Department has taken final action on its renewal application.
D.Report of Changes
1. The registrant shall notify the Department in writing within 30 calendar days of making any change which would render the information reported pursuant to Section 3(D) no longer accurate.
2. In addition to the requirement of Section 4(D)(1), mobile facilities must notify the Department by telephone within five days of any changes to the information provided under Section 3(C) (5).
3. This requirement does not apply to changes involving replacement of designated original equipment lamp types with lamps which have been certified with the FDA as "equivalent" lamps under the FDA regulations and policies applicable at the time of replacement of the lamps. The facility owner must maintain manufacturer's literature demonstrating the equivalency of any replacement lamps.
E.Transfer No certificate of registration shall be transferable. A person purchasing an existing business must submit a new application.
F.Approval Not Implied. No person, in any advertisement, shall refer to the fact that a facility is registered with the Department pursuant to the provisions of Section 3, and no person shall state or imply that any activity under such registration has been approved by the Department.

10-144 C.M.R. ch. 223, § 4