Nevada tanning laws for salon owners

What Nevada's tanning law covers

Nevada's tanning law is NRS 597.761 to 597.7622, "Tanning Establishments", in the chapter on miscellaneous trade regulations. Senate Bill 267 enacted it in 2013 (Statutes of Nevada 2013, chapter 407). It was approved on June 3, 2013 and took effect on July 1, 2013. It applies to any premises, mobile unit or building where access to ultraviolet tanning equipment is provided for a fee, membership dues or other compensation (NRS 597.7616).

No state agency licenses or inspects tanning salons under this law, and it names no enforcing agency. It sets two money consequences. A parent or guardian can sue if a minor is allowed to tan (NRS 597.7621). A salon that fails to post the warning sign pays a civil penalty of $250 for the first violation, $500 for the second and $1,000 for each later one (NRS 597.7619(2)).

The Legislature's full-text search of the Nevada Revised Statutes (2025 edition) finds "tanning" in only two chapters. One is chapter 597. The other is chapter 231A, where NRS 231A.155(4)(f) and 231A.170(3)(f) list a tanning salon among businesses that cannot qualify under the Nevada New Markets Jobs Act. The search reads section text, not just headings: it finds "fragility", which appears only inside the warning-sign wording of NRS 597.7619. The same search of the Nevada Administrative Code finds "tanning" in only two rules: NAC 424.420, which requires a foster home to lock any tanning booth on its premises, and a wildlife rule on bobcat pelts that uses the word in defining a pelt. No state regulation covers tanning salons. City and county rules, such as business licenses, are outside this page, so check with your local government.

At the front desk

1. Turn away anyone under 18 from UV equipment, even with a parent's written or in-person consent (NRS 597.7617). The law does not say what proof of age to accept, so decide your own policy and apply it every time.
2. Post the notice in a conspicuous place in the salon. It must say, in substance, that letting anyone under 18 use tanning equipment is unlawful, that a violating owner or operator may face a civil action, that anyone may report a violation to any law enforcement agency, and that tanning risks include skin cancer, premature aging of the skin and burns (NRS 597.7618).
3. Post the warning sign in each area where tanning equipment is used, with the five statements in NRS 597.7619(1), including "Follow instructions" and "Wear protective eyewear".
4. Have every client sign an acknowledgment that they understand the notice and warnings and will wear protective eyewear, and keep it for at least 1 year or until they sign a new one (NRS 597.762(11)).
5. Hand out sanitized, securely fitting protective eyewear before each session, and make sure it is worn (NRS 597.762(3) and (4)).
6. Allow no more than one session in any 24-hour period, keep each client within the manufacturer's maximum exposure time for their skin type, and show each client the proper exposure distance (NRS 597.762(5), (8) and (9)).
7. Keep a qualified person on site during operating hours, sanitize equipment after each use, and keep the interior of each unit at 100 degrees Fahrenheit or below (NRS 597.762(1), (2) and (10)).

What changed recently

Nothing since 2013. The chapter 597 page is the 2025 edition, revised April 15, 2026, and it already carries sections added by the 2025 session. Every section from NRS 597.761 to 597.7622 still shows only its 2013 source note, with no later amendment. The subject indexes of the 2025 Statutes of Nevada, for the regular session and the special session, have no entry for tanning. The Legislature's full-text search of the Statutes of Nevada finds only one 2023 hit, a New Markets Jobs Act measure that lists tanning salons among the businesses it excludes. The Legislature's list of session laws shows no session in 2024 or 2026. The Nevada Register's keyword indexes for 2024, 2025 and 2026 list no regulation on tanning.

How TanVision helps

TanVision's minimum age is 18 by default, and a session cannot start without a date of birth and a signed warning statement on file. Guardian consent is one record per client. Nevada allows no parental exception, so set Minors and UV rooms to No at Settings > Tanning rules: check-in then refuses UV rooms to any client under 18, even with consent on file, while consent still opens spray rooms. At Yes, the default, a client under 18 with consent on file can start any room, UV included, with only a warning. For proof of age, Scan ID reads the date of birth from the barcode on a driver's license or ID card with a USB 2D scanner, warns when the client is under the minimum age and records the day the ID was checked; staff still compare the photo with the person.

With consent forms, clients sign on their own phone or a tablet, and each signed record keeps the signature and the exact wording, so you can write Nevada's acknowledgment into your own form. TanVision has no waiver expiry or re-sign interval. In exposure safety, set the gap between UV sessions to 24 hours at Settings > Tanning rules and the desk cannot start a second UV session inside 24 hours; a gap of 0 only warns. Each client record shows recent visits, newest first. Compare other states on the tanning laws by state page.