Connecticut tanning laws for salon owners

What Connecticut's tanning law covers

Connecticut has one tanning statute, § 19a-232 of the General Statutes. It bars anyone under 17 from using a tanning device, fines an operator who allows it, and lets local health departments enforce it. It covers any place where a tanning device is used for a fee, membership dues or other compensation, so a gym with one bed counts.

On 2026-09-29 we ran the legislature's full-text search of the 2026 General Statutes for "tanning". Apart from § 19a-232, it found only a soil-amendment definition and two taxidermy sections. The same search of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies found no tanning-facility rules. So the state sets no license, inspection schedule, warning statement, record, eyewear, lamp or timer rule. Your town or health district may have its own requirements, which this page does not cover.

The current text dates from Public Act 13-79, effective October 1, 2013. A search of bills and public acts for "tanning" in the 2024, 2025 and 2026 sessions found none.

At the front desk

1. Under 17: no UV tanning, even with a parent's written consent. The consent route was repealed in 2013.
2. 17 and over: state law sets no age or consent rule.
3. Check age before the first UV session. The statute fines an operator who knew, or should have known, that the client was under 17, so keep a record of how you checked.
4. Spray tanning is outside the statute's definition of a tanning device, so the state sets no spray age.

The fine is up to $100, payable to the local health department or health district. For federal rules on the equipment, see FDA tanning bed regulations and the FDA's withdrawn under-18 proposal.

What the state leaves to you

With no state rules on warning statements, records, eyewear, lamps or timers, those choices sit with you, and with your local health department where it has rules. Our guides on tanning consent forms, tanning salon recordkeeping and tanning bed eye protection show what other states require.

How TanVision helps

With TanVision's consent forms, clients sign on their own phone or a tablet, and the signed record keeps the signature and the exact wording they agreed to. A session cannot start without a signed statement and a date of birth on file, and age is checked against the date of birth already on file. For UV rooms, exposure safety refuses a typed time above the limit or the room's own maximum; the limits follow the salon's own settings, capped at each unit's maximum.

TanVision's minimum age for UV tanning is 18 by default, and you can set it to Connecticut's 17 at Settings > Tanning rules, so a 17-year-old can start a session without guardian consent on file. With Minors and UV rooms at Yes, the default at Settings > Tanning rules, guardian consent on file also lets a client under the minimum age start any room, UV included, with only a warning, so turning away every client under 17 from UV is a desk rule. At No, check-in refuses UV rooms to every client under the minimum age even with consent on file; with the minimum age at 17, that turns away every client under 17 from UV, as Connecticut requires. With a USB 2D barcode scanner, Scan ID reads the date of birth from the barcode on a US or Canadian driver's license or ID card and records the day the ID was checked; staff still compare the photo with the person. Client records show recent visits, newest first. Compare other states on the state list.