A. It shall be unlawful for any health club to offer, advertise, or execute or cause to be executed by the buyer any health club contract in this Commonwealth unless each facility of the health club has been properly registered with the Commissioner at the time of the offer, advertisement, sale or execution of a health club contract. The registration shall (i) disclose the address, ownership, date of first sales and date of first opening of the facility and such other information as the Commissioner may require consistent with the purposes of this chapter, (ii) be renewed annually on July 1, and (iii) be accompanied by the appropriate registration fee per each annual registration in the amount indicated below:
Further, it shall be accompanied by a late fee of $50 if the registration renewal is neither postmarked nor received on or before July 1. In the event that a club operates multiple facilities, a $50 late fee for the first facility and $25 for each additional facility shall accompany the registrations. For each successive 30 days after August 1, an additional $25 shall be added for each facility. Each separate facility where health club services are offered shall be considered a separate facility and shall file a separate registration, even though the separate facilities are owned or operated by the same health club.
B. Any health club that sells a health club contract prior to registering pursuant to this section and, if required, submits the appropriate surety required by § 59.1-306 shall pay a late filing fee of $100 for each 30-day period the registration or surety is late. This fee shall be in addition to all other penalties allowed by law.
C. A registration shall be amended within 21 days if there is a change in the information included in the registration.
D. All fees shall be remitted to the State Treasurer and shall be placed to the credit and special fund of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to be used in the administration of this chapter.
1985, c. 585; 1988, c. 13; 1990, cc. 392, 433; 2010, c. 439; 2014, c. 459.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce
Chapter 24 - Virginia Health Club Act
§ 59.1-295. Statement of purpose
§ 59.1-296.1. Registration; fees
§ 59.1-296.2. Contracts sold on prepayment basis
§ 59.1-296.2:1. Prepayment contracts; prohibited practices; relocation; refund
§ 59.1-296.2:2. Automated external defibrillator required
§ 59.1-297. Right of cancellation
§ 59.1-297.1. Payment and calculation of refunds
§ 59.1-297.2. Automatic termination of a health club contract
§ 59.1-299. Duration of contract
§ 59.1-300. Provisions of this chapter not exclusive
§ 59.1-301. Noncomplying contract voidable
§ 59.1-302. Fraud rendering contract void
§ 59.1-303. Waiver of provisions void and unenforceable
§ 59.1-304. Notice of preservation of buyers' rights
§ 59.1-306. Bond or letter of credit required; exception
§ 59.1-307. Bond or letter of credit; persons protected
§ 59.1-308. Change in ownership of health club
§ 59.1-308.1. Production of records