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Utah Senate advances tougher tanning-salon rules requiring parental consent for minors
Summary
The Senate advanced a third substitute to Senate Bill 41 requiring in-person parental consent at each visit for minors and annual consent/warnings for adults; sponsors cited rising melanoma rates and public-health research. The bill moved to third reading on a 18–8 vote.
Senators on Feb. 17 advanced a revised tanning-regulation measure that would require parents to accompany minors to tanning salons, read a health-warning statement and sign consent each visit, while adults would be required to read a warning and sign consent annually.
Senator Karen Jones, sponsor of the third substitute to Senate Bill 41, said the measure places responsibility “squarely where it should be” — with parents — and stressed medical findings linking indoor tanning to melanoma. “The risk of melanoma … increases by 75 percent if a person uses tanning beds by age 30,” Jones said during floor remarks.
The bill’s language also adds posted…
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