Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 136D - Tanning Facilities

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Department: means the Iowa department of public health. See Iowa Code 136D.2
• Director: means the director of public health, or the director's designee. See Iowa Code 136D.2
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Phototherapy device: means a piece of equipment that emits ultraviolet radiation and that is used by a health care professional in the treatment of disease. See Iowa Code 136D.2
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
• Tanning device: means any equipment that emits electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the air between 200 and 400 nanometers and that is used for tanning of human skin, such as tanning booths or tanning beds. See Iowa Code 136D.2
• Tanning facility: means a location, place, area, structure, or business, or a part thereof, which provides access to a tanning device for compensation. See Iowa Code 136D.2
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1