Section 820IAC5-1-6. "Operator" defined

   (a) As used in this rule, "operator" means an individual eighteen (18) years of age or older, designated by the owner or licensee to control operation of the tanning facility and to instruct and assist the consumer in the proper operation of its sunlamp products. The operator is responsible for running the sunlamp products, exercising control over the kill switches, cleaning the equipment, cleaning the protective eyewear, providing protective eyewear to the users, and giving instructions to the person using the equipment.

  (b) The person who is at the tanning facility to use the tanning equipment shall not be the operator.

  (c) There must be at least one (1) operator on the premises at all times that the tanning facility is open. However, the tanning facility may have working at the tanning facility an employee who is not an operator. (State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners; 820 IAC 5-1-6; filed Mar 17, 1992, 10:20 a.m.: 15 IR 1377; filed Sep 17, 1998, 3:55 p.m.: 22 IR 456; readopted filed Jul 17, 2001, 9:57 a.m.: 24 IR 4236; readopted filed Jul 19, 2007, 1:01 p.m.: 20070808-IR-820070046RFA; readopted filed Nov 25, 2013, 9:22 a.m.: 20131225-IR-820130286RFA) NOTE: Transferred from the Indiana State Department of Health (410 IAC 6-13-6) to the State Board of Cosmetology Examiners (820 IAC 5-1-6) by P.L.142-1995, SECTION 33, effective July 1, 1995.