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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 31. HEALTH · Chapter 38. TANNING FACILITIES

31-38-2. Exemptions from applicability of chapter.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. (a)

    Any person is exempt from the provisions of this chapter to the extent that such person:#

    1. (1)

      Uses equipment which emits ultraviolet radiation incidental to its normal operation; and#

    2. (2)

      Does not use the equipment described in paragraph (1) of this subsection to deliberately expose parts of the living human body to ultraviolet radiation for the purpose of tanning or other treatment.#

  2. (b)

    Any physician licensed by the Georgia Composite Medical Board is exempt from the provisions of this chapter to the extent that such physician uses, in the practice of medicine, medical diagnostic and therapeutic equipment which emits ultraviolet radiation.#

  3. (c)

    Any individual is exempt from the provisions of this chapter to the extent that such individual owns tanning equipment exclusively for personal, noncommercial use.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 31-38-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1411, § 2; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 2/HB 509.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

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