TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 38. Tanning Facilities, 31-38-1 through 31-38-12.

ARTICLE 2 BIOTERRORISM PROTECTION FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS

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

1. Any person is exempt from the provisions of this chapter to the extent that such person:
   1. Uses equipment which emits ultraviolet radiation incidental to its normal operation; and
   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. 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. Any individual is exempt from the provisions of this chapter to the extent that such individual owns tanning equipment exclusively for personal, noncommercial use.

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