Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014
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Training | ||
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14. (1) The Minister shall prescribe— | ||
(a) training leading to a qualification in the use of sunbeds which is recognised within the National Framework of Qualifications maintained by the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland in accordance with section 43 of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 , or | ||
(b) such other qualification as the Minister considers equivalent to that prescribed under paragraph (a). | ||
(2) The Minister may, after consultation with the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland, prescribe— | ||
(a) qualifications to be held by a person who offers a sunbed for use, sale or hire, | ||
(b) the content, learning outcomes, type, length and frequency of the training (including continuing professional development training), | ||
(c) the records to be retained on each sunbed premises relating to training and the period for which such records should be retained on those premises for inspection by an authorised officer. | ||
(3) Prescribed training may include training on— | ||
(a) the use and operation of sunbeds, | ||
(b) the risks associated with the use of sunbeds, | ||
(c) determination of skin types and exposure times, | ||
(d) screening for potentially exposure-limiting conditions, | ||
(e) emergency procedures in case of overexposure to ultra-violet radiation, | ||
(f) types and wavelength of ultra-violet radiation, | ||
(g) proper hygiene procedures, | ||
(h) identification of potential photosensitising drugs, or | ||
(i) such other subject as the Minister considers appropriate. | ||
(4) The owner or manager of a sunbed business shall ensure that— | ||
(a) a person who supervises the operation of a sunbed in the course of his or her employment has satisfactorily completed appropriate prescribed training and has been awarded the prescribed qualification, | ||
(b) a person who sells or hires sunbeds in the course of his or her employment has satisfactorily completed appropriate prescribed training and has been awarded the prescribed qualification, | ||
(c) a person, to whom paragraph (a) or (b) applies, continues to satisfactorily complete such continuing professional development training as may be prescribed in accordance with subsection (2). | ||
(5) A person who has not completed appropriate prescribed training and does not hold a prescribed qualification in the use of sunbeds shall not supervise the operation of, or sell or hire, a sunbed in the course of his or her employment. | ||
(6) A person who contravenes subsection (4) or (5) commits an offence. |