Bill 30 explained in plain English
Skin Cancer Prevention Act (Tanning Beds), 2013
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Skin Cancer Prevention Act (Tanning Beds), 2013, regulates tanning services by prohibiting sales to minors, setting advertising rules, requiring health warnings, and empowering inspectors.
This Act, titled the Skin Cancer Prevention Act (Tanning Beds), 2013, aims to regulate the sale and marketing of tanning services and ultraviolet light treatments. It prohibits providing these services to individuals under 18 years old and sets restrictions on advertising and the use of tanning devices. The Act also includes requirements for posting health warning signs, providing protective eyewear, and notifying local health officials. It grants powers to inspectors to enforce these provisions and outlines penalties for non-compliance.
- Prohibits the sale, offering for sale, or provision of tanning services or ultraviolet light treatments to individuals under 18 years old.
- Prohibits directing advertising or marketing of tanning services or treatments to individuals under 18 years old.
- Requires that tanning devices not be used without an attendant present.
- Mandates the prominent posting of health warning signs in places where tanning services are sold.
- Requires that protective eyewear be provided to individuals receiving tanning services or treatments.
- Requires persons intending to sell tanning services or treatments to notify their local medical officer of health.
- Authorizes the Minister to appoint inspectors to ensure compliance with the Act.
- Grants inspectors the power to enter and inspect premises where tanning services are offered, examine records, and question individuals.
- Establishes offences and penalties for contravening the Act or its regulations, including fines for individuals and corporations.
- Empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations to prescribe details, grant exemptions, and otherwise carry out the Act's purpose.
- Individuals operating businesses that sell or provide tanning services or ultraviolet light treatments.
- Individuals under 18 years old seeking tanning services.
- Individuals who appear to be under 25 years old seeking tanning services.
- Directors and officers of corporations involved in tanning services.
- Medical officers of health.
- Inspectors appointed under the Act.
- Obligation not to sell, offer, or provide tanning services to individuals under 18.
- Obligation to request identification from individuals who appear under 25.
- Obligation not to direct advertising or marketing to individuals under 18.
- Obligation to ensure tanning devices do not operate without an attendant.
- Obligation to post health warning signs.
- Obligation to provide protective eyewear.
- Obligation to notify the medical officer of health.
- Right of inspectors to enter and inspect premises.
- Obligation to assist inspectors.
- Right of directors and officers to take reasonable care to prevent corporate contraventions.
- The Act received Royal Assent on October 10, 2013.
- The Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- Persons already selling tanning services before the Act came into force must notify the medical officer of health within 60 days of the section coming into force.
- Individuals who contravene the Act are liable for fines of up to $5,000 per day.
- Corporations that contravene the Act are liable for fines of up to $25,000 per day.
- Contravention of the Act or regulations is an offence.
- Penalties for an offence include fines of up to $5,000 for an individual and $25,000 for a corporation, for each day the offence occurs or continues.
- Directors and officers of corporations have a duty to take reasonable care to prevent contraventions and can be prosecuted for failing to do so, facing the same penalties as individuals or corporations.
- The exact date the Act comes into force is not specified and depends on proclamation.
- Details regarding what constitutes a 'prescribed form of identification', 'prescribed class' for exceptions, and specific requirements for signs and protective eyewear are to be determined by regulations.
- The application of powers to inspect places used as dwellings is limited.
Defines terms such as 'health unit' and 'medical officer of health' for the purposes of this Act.
Source: Section 1
This is the Act itself, which establishes prohibitions, requirements, and enforcement mechanisms related to tanning services.
Source: Various Sections
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