§ 20-27-2201 — Definitions

As used in this subchapter: (1) "Consumer" means an individual who is provided access to a tanning facility; (2) (A) "Operator" means an individual designated by the tanning facility owner or tanning equipment lessee to operate or to assist and instruct the consumer in the operation and use of the tanning facility or tanning equipment. (B) However, an operator in an apartment or a condominium need not exercise direct supervision or be physically on the premises at all times; (3) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this state, any other state, or political subdivision or agency of this state, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of these entities; (4) "Tanning equipment" means ultraviolet or other lamps and equipment containing these lamps intended to induce skin tanning through the irradiation of any part of the living human body with ultraviolet radiation; (5) (A) "Tanning facility" means a location, place, area, structure, or business or a part of a location, place, area, structure, or business which provides consumers access to tanning equipment. (B) "Tanning facility" includes without limitation regardless of whether a fee is charged for access to the tanning equipment: (i) Apartments; (ii) Condominiums; (iii) Health clubs; and (iv) Tanning salons; and (6) "Ultraviolet radiation" means electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in air between two hundred nanometers (200 nm) and four hundred nanometers (400 nm).

Legislative History

Acts 2009, No. 707, § 1.