Skin Cancer Prevention Act, 2008 Ramal, Khalil — Bill 83 (39th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 83, 39-1

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Bill 83, Skin Cancer Prevention Act, 2008

Ramal, Khalil

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Bill 83 2008

An Act to help

prevent skin cancer

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Supplying tanning services prohibited

(1) No

person shall sell or supply tanning services to a person who is less than 19

years old.

Supplying ultra-violet light treatments prohibited

(2) No person shall sell or supply ultra-violet light

treatment services to a person who is less than 19 years old.

Exception

(3) Subsection (2) does not prevent a member of a

regulated health profession who is authorized to do so to provide ultra-violet

light treatments to a person who is less than 19 years old if a member of the

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario or the Ontario College of Nurses

has prescribed the treatments because the person receiving them is suffering

from a condition prescribed by the regulations.

Apparent age

(4) No person shall sell or supply tanning services or

ultra-violet light treatment services to a person who appears to be less than

25 years old unless he or she has required the person to provide identification

and is satisfied that the person is at least 19 years old.

Defence

(5) It is a defence to a charge under subsection (1),

(2) or (4) that the defendant believed the person receiving the treatments to be at

least 19 years old because the person produced a prescribed form of

identification showing his or her age and there was no apparent reason to doubt

the authenticity of the document or that it was issued to the person producing

it.

Vicarious liability

(6) The owner of a business where tanning services or

ultra-violet light treatment services are sold or supplied shall be deemed to

be liable for any contravention of subsection (1), (2) or (4) on the premises

where the contravention took place, unless the owner exercised due diligence to

prevent such a contravention.

Improper documentation

(7) No person shall present as evidence of his or her age

identification that was not lawfully issued to him or her.

Regulations

(8) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make

regulations prescribing conditions for the purposes of subsection (3) and forms

of identification for the purposes of subsection (5).

Offence

2. A

person who contravenes subsection 1 (1), (2) or (4) is guilty of an offence and

on conviction is liable, for each day or part of a day on which the offence

occurs or continues, to a fine of not more than $2,000.

Commencement

3. This Act comes into force on a day to be

named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

Short title

4. The

short title of this Act is the Skin Cancer Prevention Act, 2008 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill provides for a prohibition on selling or supplying tanning services or

ultra-violet light treatment services to persons under the age of 19. The

prohibition does not apply to ultra-violet light treatments prescribed by

authorized medical professionals for conditions prescribed by the regulations.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

June 12, 2008

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

June 12, 2008

Second Reading

Carried

June 12, 2008

Second Reading

Debate

May 28, 2008

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May 28, 2008

Second Reading

June 12, 2008

Mr. Khalil Ramal, Mr. Peter Shurman, Ms. Helena Jaczek, Mr. Shafiq Qaadri, Mr. Kevin Daniel Flynn

June 12, 2008

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy.

Committee

Standing Committee on Social Policy

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :

Proclamation.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 83, 39-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s1 bill 83 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	29c90746da905884b116c279eea110773c6694b1

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