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APRIL 26,  MEMBER ALERT

APRIL 7,  MEMBER ALERT

FTC Delays Enforcement of the Red Flags Rule Until June 1, 2010


(l-r) Dr. Louis Kuchnir, president of Massachusetts Academy
of Dermatology and State Senator James Timilty, sponsor of legislation to
restrict indoor tanning, display "May is Melanoma/Skin Cancer Awareness
Month" gubernatorial proclamation.


President Obama Signs Health System Reform Legislation Into Law:

Files/09_611_HSR_Update_3_26.pdf


The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health gave S.903, An Act
further regulating tanning facilities, a favorable report, as amended.
The redrafted bill will not allow anyone under the age of 16 from using a
tanning device. The bill now goes to the Senate for a vote.

S+0903+redraft.pdf


Tax Anything That Tans

Fighting Fraud With The Red Flag Rule

Tanning Salons Downplay Health Risks

FDA Warns of Skin Cancer Risk From Tanning Beds

A Death By Suntan At Age 26

Tanning Beds as Deadly as Arsenic

Red Flags Rule Delayed until November

Testimony presented in opposition to S.836, an act relative to medical spas

Testimony presented in support of S. 903, an act
to further regulate sun tanning salons

AAD Updated Position Statement on Vitamin D

Hearing to Restrict MA Tanning on July 21

Massachusetts Medical Society applauds Superior Court decision on GIC's Physician Tiering Program
Court allows lawsuit to proceed on defamation, consumer protection


Testimony presented in support of S. 903, an act to further regulate sun tanning salons:

903_letters_of_support.pdf

Dr_Qureshi_Letter.pdf

Girard_Testimony_2009.pdf

MAD_903_testimony.pdf

Rothman_S903.pdf


Testimony presented in opposition to S.836, an act relative to medical spas:

836_MAD_testimony.pdf

AADA_MA_SB_836_Letter_FINAL.pdf

ASDSA_Gazette-Medspa.PDF

ASDSA-SB_836_Ltr.pdf

Dover-testimony.pdf

Exhibit_A_-_Narurkar_Complications_from_Laser_Procedures.pdf

s_836_MMS_MED_SPA_testimony.pdf


2009-10  SD1161: An Act to further  regulate sun tanning salons.

SD938 : An Act relative to medical spas

SD421: An Act providing health insurance coverage for scalp hair prosthesis

2007-8 S. 1329



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