Tanning beds are considered medical equipment.
Tanning beds are medical equipment and thus needing in depth training. Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002 (MDUFMA), P.L. 107-250. of Food and Drug Adminitration.
In professional North American tanning facilities today: - Trained operators control all tanning exposure times, minimizing a client’s risk of overexposure and sunburn, and require tanners to use FDA-compliant protective eyewear, which eliminates the risk of eye injury.
- All clients undergo comprehensive evaluations, including identifying their sun sensitivity (skin type). Clients also are taught about photosensitizing medications, which can potentially make a person more susceptible to sunburn.
- Clients are taught sunburn prevention and the appropriate use of outdoor sunscreen. Combined with the fact that a tan is nature’s protection against sunburn, this is why indoor tanning clients are up to 81 percent less likely to sunburn outdoors as compared to non-tanners, according to Smart Tan surveys.
- Clients are presented with material outlining the potential risks of overexposure to UV light and sign informed consent agreements acknowledging this.
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