PUBLIC HEALTH

Law 26,799

Prohibit the use of ultraviolet light emitting equipment intended for tanning to minors. Sanctioned: November 21, 2012 Enacted in Fact: December 26, 2012

The Senate and Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation, meeting in Congress, etc., are sanctioned by law:

PROHIBITION OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMISSION EQUIPMENT FOR TANNING

Article 1-Prohibition of the use of ultraviolet light emitting equipment intended for tanning, whether solar beds or similar, to persons under age, in establishments providing the public with tanning service, with the exception of cases of therapeutic need justified by medical professionals.

ARTICLE 2-The establishments which provide the public with tanning service by means of ultraviolet ray emission equipment are subject to the following obligations: (a) to display a poster, which informs users that the use of such equipment is prohibited for minors, with the exception provided for in Article 1º; b) providing information, in the form of consent; informed, about the possible damage to the skin caused by the cumulative effect of the ultraviolet rays, in the manner determined by the regulations; c) Counting with personnel who possess the basic knowledge in first aid.

ARTICLE 3-The implementing authority should draw up a monitoring and periodic review protocol for the operation of the equipment set out in this Law.

ARTICLE 4 °-The following conduct shall be considered to be an infringement of this law: (a) Allow the use of ultraviolet light emitting equipment intended for tanning, whether solar bed or similar, to persons under age; b) The lack of display of the poster provided for in Article 2 (a), in the form (c) The non-provision of the information referred to in Article 2 (b) (b); (d) Absence of staff having the knowledge described in Article 2 (c); (e) Actions or omissions which are not mentioned in the previous points, committed in breach of the obligations laid down in this Law.

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ARTICLE 5-Violations of this law, after summary instruction that guarantees the right of defense of the alleged infringer and other constitutional guarantees, without prejudice to other administrative, civil, criminal, or Ethics to be taken, shall be sanctioned with: a) Apercibiliento; b) Multa that must be updated by the national executive branch in annual form according to the official price index of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses -INDEC-, from pesos thousand ($1,000) to pesos one million ($1,000,000), (c) Closing, total or partial, temporary or final, depending on the seriousness of the cause or reiteration of the case, the premises or establishment in which the offence was committed; Suspension or disablement in the exercise of the activity or profession up to a period of three (3) years; in case of extreme gravity or multiple reiteration of the offence or the disablement may be final.

Article 6-The Ministry of Health is the enforcement authority of this law and should promote in the framework of the Federal Health Council -COFESA-its execution and control in the field of the provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

ARTICLE 7 °-The provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires are invited to adhere to the regime enshrined in this law.

ARTICLE 8 °-The Executive Branch shall regulate this law within sixty (60) days of its promulgation.

ARTICLE 9 °-Commune to the national executive branch. GIVEN IN THE SESSION HALL OF THE ARGENTINE CONGRESS, IN BUENOS AIRES, AT THE TWENTY-ONE DAY OF THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER OF THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWELVE. -REGISTERED UNDER NO. 26,799-AMADO BOUDOU. -JULIAN A. DOMINGUEZ. -Gervasio Bozzano. -Juan H. Estrada.

Date of publication: 28/12/2012

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