Ordinance
to the Federal Act on Protection against the Risks
associated with Non-Ionising Radiation and with Sound
(O-NIRSA)

¹ Sol­ari­um op­er­at­ors must en­sure that:

a.

sol­ari­ums for users are vis­ibly clas­si­fied as UV type 1, 2, 3 or 4 in ac­cord­ance with An­nex 1 Num­ber 1;

b.

the total eryth­em­al ef­fect­ive ir­ra­di­ance of a sol­ari­um, tak­ing in­to ac­count the max­im­um val­ues of the ra­di­ation com­pon­ents giv­en in An­nex 1 Num­ber 1, does not ex­ceed 0.3 watt per square metre;

c.

a device-spe­cif­ic ir­ra­di­ation plan in ac­cord­ance to An­nex 1 Num­ber 2 shall be made avail­able to the users;

d.

UV pro­tect­ive goggles of the type spe­cified by the sol­ari­um man­u­fac­turer are avail­able;

e.

users may only use a sol­ari­um of UV type 4 if they present a med­ic­al cer­ti­fic­ate to the staff.

² The op­er­at­or must equip and op­er­ate the sol­ari­um in such a way that:

a.

per­sons aged un­der 18 years can­not use the sol­ari­um;

b.

the users can eas­ily set the para­met­ers of the ex­pos­ure sched­ule on the sol­ari­um.

³ The op­er­at­or, pri­or to the users us­ing the sol­ari­um, must:

a.

in­form them that risk groups, as spe­cified in An­nex 1 Num­ber 3, must not use a sol­ari­um un­der any cir­cum­stances;

b.

ex­plain the dangers of UV ir­ra­di­ation as lis­ted in An­nex 1 Num­ber 4, as well as meas­ures to min­im­ise these dangers.