AN ACT prohibiting persons under eighteen years of age from using tanning equipment.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  This act shall be known as the Jim Fulghum Teen Skin Cancer Prevention Act.
SECTION 2.  G.S. 104E‑9.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Operators of tanning equipment and owners of tanning facilities subject to rules adopted pursuant to this Chapter shall comply with or ensure compliance with the following:
(1)	The operator shall provide to each consumer a warning statement that defines the potential hazards and consequences of exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Before allowing the consumer's initial use of the tanning equipment, the operator shall obtain the signature of the consumer on the warning statement acknowledging receipt of the warning.
(2)	The operator shall not allow a person under 18 years of age to use tanning equipment.
(3)	Neither an operator nor an owner shall claim or distribute promotional materials that claim that using tanning equipment is safe or free from risk or that using tanning equipment will result in medical or health benefits."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2015.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of May, 2015.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2015