N.Y. Public Health Law 3551 – License required
§ 3551. License required. 1. On and after the effective date of this article, no person shall operate a tanning facility unless such facility is licensed as provided in this article.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 3551
- Person: shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, or any business entity. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3550
- Tanning facility: shall mean any establishment where one or more ultraviolet radiation device is used, offered, or made available for use by any human being, whether or not a fee is charged, directly or indirectly, but shall not include any facility where any such device is used by a qualified health care professional for treatment of medical conditions. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3550
2. The department shall license each applicant who submits an application on a form prescribed by the commissioner and meets the requirements of this article and any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this article, upon payment of a registration fee of one hundred twenty dollars.
3. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this article, including, but not limited to, establishing staggered biennial registration periods and the beginning dates thereof; assigning licensees to specific biennial registration periods through appropriate classification or grouping; setting deadline dates for making application for registration; prescribing the form and content of the license; and establishing other reasonable requirements, including appropriate proration of registration fees in connection with the initiation of a staggered biennial registration system.
4. No license issued hereunder shall be effective for more than two years from the date of issuance.