Assembly panel to consider ban on underage tanning

TRENTON, N.J. - May 14, 2012

The measure will go before the Assembly's Women and Children Committee on Monday.

A 2006 state law bans tanning bed use by anyone under 14, and requires written parental consent for those ages 14 to 17.

The issue has seen renewed interest after a Nutley woman was accused this month of taking her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth. That allegedly resulted in burns to the child's skin, and the woman has pleaded not guilty to child endangerment.

A similar measure was approved by a state Assembly panel and the full Senate last year.

California and Vermont are the only states that now ban tanning for children under age 18.

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