{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-68-4","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-68-4","heading":"Safety standards established.","body":"The director of the department of health shall, by regulation, establish minimum safety standards for tanning facilities. The standards shall include, but not be limited to:\n(1) Establishment of a maximum safe time of exposure to radiation and a maximum safe temperature at which tanning devices may be operated;\n(2) A requirement that a timer device be incorporated into each tanning device;\n(3) A requirement that a patron at a tanning facility wear protective eye glasses when using tanning equipment and that a patron be supervised as to the length of time the patron uses tanning equipment at the facility;\n(4) Requiring that the facility operator post easily legible, permanent warning signs near the tanning equipment that state: “Danger — Ultra-violet radiation. Follow all instructions. Avoid overexposure”; as well as a list, prepared by the director of the department of health, of prescription and non-prescription drugs that may cause photosensitivity in patients using a tanning center;\n(5) Require that the facility have protective shielding for tanning equipment in the facility; and\n(6) A prohibition on the use of tanning facilities by a person younger than eighteen (18) years of age.\n(a) [Deleted by P.L. 2018, ch. 77, § 1 and P.L. 2018, ch. 88, § 1].\n(b) [Deleted by P.L. 2018, ch. 77, § 1 and P.L. 2018, ch. 88, § 1].","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 68 Tanning Facility Safety Standards Act"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-68/23-68-4.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:57:10Z","sha256":"f5c812b593edf0effbadaf6643d03dd7d4d9d8fb436de147fb6cb766501ffaaf","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-68-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-68-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}