There are new tanning bed laws in many countries and states in the U.S.. If you own a tanning salon you need to follow the new tanning laws or risk getting fined or worse losing your business license.
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Here is a case in the U.K. Where they failed to enforce the rules and will probably get a nice hefty fine.
Two tanning salons in Bradford were caught allowing a 14-year-old girl to use their sun beds during a test purchase operation in the city.
West Yorkshire Trading Standards officers visited five shops in Bradford for the week-long campaign, aimed at finding out whether salons were allowing children under 18 illegal access to sun beds.
Please be aware you salon patrons and follow whatever laws that are required in your country, state, or area. They are here to stay and definitely are not worth losing profit or license over.
Since April this year it has been against the law for businesses to offer sun beds to under-18-year-olds due to concerns over links between UV rays and skin cancer.
Salons failing to comply face fines of up to £20,000.
The operation, which also involved environmental health officers, saw test purchase operations carried out at 25 salons in West Yorkshire using the 14-year-old female test purchaser. Sales were made at 11 of the businesses.
Ruth Lees, Bradford Council’s principal environmental health manager said: “We have written to all sun bed shops advising them of the new legislation.”