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N.Y. General Business Law § 404-c: Ultraviolet nail drying devices

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  1. General Business Law
  2. Article 27. Licensing of Nail Specialty, Natural Hair Styling, Esthetics and Cosmetology

§ 404-c. Ultraviolet nail drying devices. 1. "Ultraviolet nail drying

device" shall mean any equipment which is designed to emit

electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength interval of two hundred to

four hundred nanometers in air, and which is intended to induce nail

curing or hardening through irradiation.

2. If the commissioner of health makes a determination pursuant to

section thirty-five hundred fifty-six of the public health law that

ultraviolet nail drying devices pose a health hazard to users, any

appearance enhancement business where the practice of nail specialty is

conducted shall prominently post the notice developed by the department

regarding such health hazard in an area clearly visible to patrons in

the licensed appearance enhancement business where the practice of nail

specialty is conducted or in the place where the practice of nail

specialty licensed pursuant to this article is conducted. The department

shall develop and make such sign available to each licensee.

3. If the commissioner of health makes a determination pursuant to

section thirty-five hundred fifty-six of the public health law that

ultraviolet nail drying devices pose a health hazard to users, any

appearance enhancement business that utilizes such devices shall comply

with any and all regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this

article.

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