R392-700-5. Warning Sign Requirements

(1) The warning sign required by R392-700-5 shall meet the requirements of this section. An Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format, .pdf, file that meets the requirements of this section is available from the Department or the local health department.

(2) The sign shall be in a landscape format 11 inches high by 17 inches wide on a white background.

(3) All lettering shall be in Arial font as produced in Adobe Acrobat. In addition, the letters shall be:

(a) black in color

(b) all uppercase

(c) adequately spaced and not crowded

(4) There must be a panel at the top of the sign. The background of the panel shall be safety orange in color and shall:

(a) be 3.3 centimeters, high and 42 centimeters wide, including a black line border that is 0.16 centimeter wide surrounding the safety orange background;

(b) have the word "WARNING" in capital letters that are 80 points in size (approximately two centimeters high); and

(c) have an internationally recognized safety alert symbol that is two centimeters high and placed immediately to the left of the word "WARNING"

(5) The safety alert symbol shall be black with a yellow field.

(6) The word "WARNING" and the symbol shall be vertically and horizontally centered within the orange panel.

(7) Immediately below the orange panel shall appear the words: "UV RADIATION HEALTH RISK" in letters that are 61 points in size (approximately 1.5 centimeters high) and centered between the vertical margins. The vertical space between the "WARNING" panel and the top of the words "UV RADIATION HEALTH RISK" shall be approximately 1.6 centimeters. The vertical space between the bottom of the words "UV RADIATION HEALTH RISK" and the top of the words of the first bulleted statement required in subsection (9) shall be approximately 1.6 centimeters.

(8) Beneath the "UV RADIATION HEALTH RISK" line shall appear the body wording of the sign in letters that are 39 points in size (approximately one centimeter high).

(9) The body of the sign shall be the following four bulleted statements:

-TANNING DEVICES MAY CAUSE SEVERE EYE AND SKIN DAMAGE AND MAY CAUSE CANCER

-TALK TO A DOCTOR IF YOU ARE PREGNANT OR ON ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES OR OTHER DRUGS

-WAIT AT LEAST 48 HRS BEFORE RE-TANNING

-REQUIRED FOR ALL PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS FOR EACH TANNING SESSION: IN PERSON WRITTEN CONSENT BY PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OR PHYSCIAN'S WRITTEN ORDER

(10) The vertical spacing between each of the bulleted statements shall be approximately 1.6 centimeters. The margins to the right and left of the bulleted statements shall be no less than 4.4 centimeters.

(11) The vertical spacing between the last bulleted statement and the bottom margin of the paper shall be no less than two centimeters.

(12) Local health departments may add additional warning requirements that are applicable to all patrons of all tanning facilities.