GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 758

Short Title:  Tanning Facilities Regulation.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Odom.
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Referred to:  Human Resources.
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April 24, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT PERTAINING TO TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR TANNING BED OPERATORS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The North Carolina Radiation Protection Commission of the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall not adopt training requirements for tanning bed operators that become effective prior to June 1, 1992.
Sec. 2. The Radiation Protection Division of the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources shall develop a training program for tanning bed operators that meets the training requirements of the North Carolina Radiation Protection Commission. The Department shall make the training program available to applicants for certificates of registration of tanning facilities for the purpose of satisfying the Commission's training requirements.   The Department may charge an applicant a reasonable fee for use of the Department's training program.
Sec. 3. G.S. 104E-7(7) reads as rewritten:
"(7)	To provide by rule and regulation for an electronic product safety program to protect the public health and safety, which program may authorize regulation and inspection of sources of nonionizing radiation throughout the State.  The product safety program may include the establishment of minimum qualifications for the operation of such products or sources."
Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.