59.1-296.1 - Registration; fees.
§ 59.1-296.1. Registration; fees.
A. It shall be unlawful for any health spa to offer, advertise, or execute orcause to be executed by the buyer any health spa contract in thisCommonwealth unless each facility of the health spa has been properlyregistered with the Commissioner at the time of the offer, advertisement,sale or execution of a health spa contract. The registration shall (i)disclose the address, ownership, date of first sales and date of firstopening of the facility and such other information as the Commissioner mayrequire consistent with the purposes of this chapter, (ii) be renewedannually on July 1, and (iii) be accompanied by the appropriate registrationfee per each annual registration in the amount indicated below:
Number of unexpired Registration fee
contracts originally written
for more than one month
0 to 250 $200
251 to 500 $300
501 to 2000 $700
2001 or more $800
Further, it shall be accompanied by a late fee of $50 if the registrationrenewal is neither postmarked nor received on or before July 1. In the eventthat a spa operates multiple facilities, a $50 late fee for the firstfacility and $25 for each additional facility shall accompany theregistrations. For each successive 30 days after August 1, an additional $25shall be added for each facility. Each separate facility where health spaservices are offered shall be considered a separate facility and shall file aseparate registration, even though the separate facilities are owned oroperated by the same health spa.
B. Any health spa which sells a health spa contract prior to registeringpursuant to this section and, if required, submits the appropriate suretyrequired by § 59.1-306 shall pay a late filing fee of $100 for each 30-dayperiod the registration or surety is late. This fee shall be in addition toall other penalties allowed by law.
C. A registration shall be amended within 21 days if there is a change in theinformation included in the registration.
D. All fees shall be remitted to the State Treasurer and shall be placed tothe credit and special fund of the Virginia Department of Agriculture andConsumer Services to be used in the administration of this chapter.
(1985, c. 585; 1988, c. 13; 1990, cc. 392, 433; 2010, c. 439.)