Oklahoma tanning laws for salon owners

What Oklahoma's tanning law covers

Oklahoma's tanning law is one section: Title 63, section 7302 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Senate Bill 765 added it (Laws 2017, c. 189), effective November 1, 2017. It applies to any tanning facility, which the statute defines as any place that gives people access to a tanning device, including tanning salons, health clubs, apartments and condominiums, whether or not a fee is charged (§ 7302(A)(3)).

On September 29, 2026 we searched every title of the Oklahoma Statutes for "tanning". The only tanning-salon provision was section 7302; the other hits were game-and-fish provisions on taxidermy, where the word means preparing animal specimens. The State Department of Health's licensing and inspections page lists no tanning program. Section 7302(D) directs the State Board of Health to adopt rules to carry out the act. We could not open the official Oklahoma Administrative Code site on September 29, 2026, so this page does not say whether any such rules exist or what they require. Ask the department before relying on the statute alone. City and county rules are outside this page.

At the front desk

1. Check the date of birth before any UV session. Nobody under 18 may use a tanning device at any tanning facility, and a parent's permission does not change that (§ 7302(B)).
2. Spray equipment that emits no UV is not a tanning device under § 7302(A)(2), so the age ban does not reach a UV-free spray booth.
3. Post the State Department of Health's notice in a conspicuous place in each facility you own, lease or operate (§ 7302(C)). Ask the department for the current version.
4. Train whoever you designate as an operator on your own procedures. The statute defines the role (§ 7302(A)(4)) but sets no training standard.

What the posted notice says

The department develops the notice, and § 7302(C) says it must state four things:

• It is unlawful for a tanning facility or operator to allow a person under 18 to use any tanning device.
• A facility or operator that violates the act is subject to a civil penalty. The statute does not state the amount.
• Anyone may report a violation to the local law enforcement agency.
• The health risks of tanning, including skin cancer, premature aging of the skin, skin burns and adverse reactions to certain medications, foods and cosmetics.

What the statute leaves to you

Section 7302 has no state license, inspection schedule, signed warning statement, record-keeping or injury-report duty, session gap, eyewear rule, lamp rule or timer test. Federal requirements for tanning products are covered in our FDA tanning bed rules guide. You can still use a signed warning statement as a house policy; our tanning consent form guide covers what one usually contains.

What changed recently

The statute has not changed since 2017. Its history note lists only Laws 2017, c. 189. The Legislature's full-text search of 2023-24 and 2025-26 measures, run on September 29, 2026, found no bill containing the word "tanning".

How TanVision helps

Each salon's minimum age is 18 by default, and a session cannot start without a date of birth on file. In Oklahoma a parent's permission never makes a minor eligible for a UV bed, 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 guardian consent on file, while a parent's consent still opens spray rooms. At Yes, the default, consent on file lets a younger client start a session in any room, UV included.

If you use a warning statement, TanVision's consent forms let clients sign on their own phone or a tablet, and each signed record keeps the signature and the exact wording. A session cannot start without a signed statement on file. Exposure safety refuses any typed time above the room's own maximum, and each client record shows visits, consent status and notes. Compare other states on the tanning laws by state page.