Section 208 – Tanning Facilities; Licenses; Necessity; Expiration; Fees; Inspection of Tanning Facilities; Violations; Revocation; Appeals
Section 208. No access shall be provided to any tanning device by a tanning facility until said facility has been granted a license therefor by the board of health. Each license granted hereunder shall expire one year from the date of its issue. The fee for each such license and annual renewal thereof shall be […]
Section 224 – Commission on Falls Prevention; Members; Duties
Section 224. There shall be a commission on falls preventions within the department. The commission shall consist of the commissioner of public health or the commissioner’s designee, who shall chair the commission; the secretary of elder affairs or the secretary’s designee; the director of MassHealth or the director’s designee; and 10 members to be appointed […]
Section 209 – Tanning Facilities; Statement of Warning and Notice; Posting; Form; Acknowledgment by Customer
Section 209. A tanning facility shall give each customer a written statement of warning and shall post a notice in a conspicuous place in every area in which a tanning device is used. Said statement or notice shall be at least eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches long and printed in white on […]
Section 225 – Presenting Claim for Payment for Anatomic Pathology Services
Section 225. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ”Anatomic pathology service”, histopathology, surgical pathology, cytopathology, hematology, subcellular pathology, molecular pathology and blood-banking services performed by a pathologist. ”Charge”, the uniform price for specific services within a revenue center of a […]
Section 210 – Tanning Facilities; Presence of Operators; Protective Eyewear Required; Limitation of Exposure and Temperature
Section 210. A tanning facility shall at all times during operating hours have an operator present who is sufficiently knowledgeable in the correct operation of the tanning devices used at the tanning facility to be able to inform and assist each customer in the proper use of such tanning devices and to provided sanitized protective […]
Section 211 – Use of Tanning Device by Minors
Section 211. No person under 18 years of age shall use a tanning device.
Section 212 – Tanning Facilities; Promotional Material; Liability Not Affected by Warnings; Report of Injuries
Section 212. No tanning facility shall claim or distribute promotional material that claims that use of a tanning device is safe and free from risk. The liability of a tanning facility operator or the manufacturer of a tanning device shall not be affected by the giving of the warnings required by section two hundred and […]
Section 213 – Access to Tanning Facilities for Inspections; Rules and Regulations; Phototherapy Devices Excluded
Section 213. The board of health, local health agent, or department shall have access at all reasonable times to any tanning facility for the purposes of inspecting said facility. The department may promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of sections two hundred and seven to two hundred and fourteen, inclusive, including, but not […]
Section 214 – Violations; Fines
Section 214. Whoever violates any provision of sections two hundred and seven to two hundred and thirteen, inclusive, or any rule or regulation of the department promulgated thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars.
Section 215 – Needle Exchange Programs; Approval; Report
Section 215. The department of public health may implement needle exchange programs for the exchange of needles in cities and towns. Prior to implementation of a needle exchange program, approval shall be obtained from the board of health in the hosting city or town. The city or town shall, in a manner determined by the […]