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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 73 P.S. Trade and Commerce § 2162. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

The following words and phrases when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

“Business day.”Any day except a Sunday or a legal holiday.

“Buyer.” A natural person who enters into a health club contract.

“Director.” The Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection.

“Health club.”A person, firm, corporation, organization, club or association engaged in the sale of memberships in a health spa, racquet club, figure salon, weight reduction center or other physical culture service enterprise offering facilities for the preservation, maintenance, encouragement or development of physical fitness or physical well-being. The term shall not include the following:

(1) Bona fide nonprofit religious, ethnic, community or service organizations whose functions as health clubs are only incidental to their overall functions and purposes as determined by the director.

(2) A facility owned or operated by the Federal Government.

(3) A facility owned or operated by this Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions.

(4) A nonprofit public or private school, college or university whose functions as health clubs are only incidental to their overall functions and purposes as determined by the director.

(5) A private club owned and operated by its members.

(6) A weight reduction organization which emphasizes diet and nutrition and which does not provide physical exercise facilities and does not conduct a physical exercise program on the premises as part of its services and as determined by the director.

“Health club contract.”An agreement in which the buyer of health club services purchases, or becomes obligated to purchase, health club services to be rendered over a period of more than three months, whether or not the health club is completed or operational.

“Health club services.”Services, privileges or rights offered for sale or provided by a health club.

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