Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health
Subpart 78 - Radiological Health
Chapter 2 - REGULATIONS FOR TANNING FACILITIES
Subchapter 1 - Regulations of Tanning Equipment & Facilities
Rule 15-21-78-2.1.2 - Definitions
The following terms are defined for purposes of this Chapter.
1. "Act" means the Mississippi Radiation Protection Law of 1976.
2. "Agency" means the Mississippi Department of Health.
3. "CFR" means Code of Federal Regulations.
4. "Consumer" means any member of the public who is provided access to a tanning facility in exchange for a fee or other compensation, or any individual who, in exchange for a fee or other compensation, is afforded use of a tanning facility as a condition or benefit of membership or access.
5. "FDA" means U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
6. "Healing arts" means the professional disciplines authorized by the laws of this state to use sources of radiation in the diagnosis or treatment of human or animal diseases.
7. "Individual" means any human being.
8. "Inspection" means an official examination or observation including but not limited to tests, surveys, and monitoring to determine compliance with rules, regulations, orders, requirements, and conditions of the Agency.
9. "Operator" means an individual designated by the Registrant to control operation of the tanning facility and to instruct and assist the consumer in the proper operation of the tanning equipment.
10. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this State, any other State or political subdivision or agency thereof, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing.
11. "Radiation" means ultraviolet radiation in these regulations.
12. "Radiation machine" means any device capable of producing radiation.
13. "Registrant" means any person who is registered with the Agency and is legally obligated to register with the Agency pursuant to these regulations and the Act.
14. "Registration" means registration with the Agency in accordance with regulations adopted by the Agency.
15. "Tanning equipment" means ultraviolet lamps and equipment containing ultraviolet lamps intended to induce skin tanning through the irradiation of any part of the living human body.
16. "Tanning facility" means any location, place, area, structure or business which provides consumers access to tanning equipment.
17. "These regulations" means all chapters of the Mississippi State Board of Health Environmental Regulations Division 800-Radiological Health, Subpart 78-Radiation, Chapter 2, Regulations For Tanning Facilities.
18. "Ultraviolet radiation" means electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in air between two hundred (200) nanometers and four hundred (400) nanometers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 45-14-11
