- Solariums, consmetic surgery banned for under-18s in Queensland
- The Herald Sun
- 30/10/2008 Make a Comment
- Contributed by: The Rooster ( 264 articles in 2008 )
THE Sunshine State has become the first in Australia to ban solarium use and cosmetic surgery for under-18s.
Those who breach the tough new laws passed by Queensland parliament today will face expensive repercussions with maximum penalties including $150,000 fines and two-years in prison.
Under the amendments to the Public Health Act and Radiation Safety Act face lifts, tummy tucks, eyelid surgery, breast augmentation and solarium treatments will be banned for minors.
Queensland Health Minister Stephen Robertson says the laws will help protect youngsters from making decisions they may come to regret later in life.
"The ban applies to purely cosmetic procedures, decisions on which teenagers are not mature enough to make for themselves and may come to regret as adults," he said.
Mr Robertson said it was particularly important to ban solarium use given Queensland's high incident rate of skin cancer.
"These amendments ... can help bring about a reduction in UV radiation exposure in young people, which is essential given that Queensland has the highest incidence of skin cancer in the world," he said.
Mr Robertson said the department had consulted with surgeons and the industry to get the laws right.
The bans had the full support of the Cancer Council Queensland and the Australasian Solarium Association, he said.
Those who breach the tough new laws passed by Queensland parliament today will face expensive repercussions with maximum penalties including $150,000 fines and two-years in prison.
Under the amendments to the Public Health Act and Radiation Safety Act face lifts, tummy tucks, eyelid surgery, breast augmentation and solarium treatments will be banned for minors.
Queensland Health Minister Stephen Robertson says the laws will help protect youngsters from making decisions they may come to regret later in life.
"The ban applies to purely cosmetic procedures, decisions on which teenagers are not mature enough to make for themselves and may come to regret as adults," he said.
Mr Robertson said it was particularly important to ban solarium use given Queensland's high incident rate of skin cancer.
"These amendments ... can help bring about a reduction in UV radiation exposure in young people, which is essential given that Queensland has the highest incidence of skin cancer in the world," he said.
Mr Robertson said the department had consulted with surgeons and the industry to get the laws right.
The bans had the full support of the Cancer Council Queensland and the Australasian Solarium Association, he said.
Source: https://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24578856-5005961,00.html
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