Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-2001
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in the Oklahoma Health Spa Act:
1. "Administrator" means the Administrator of Consumer Credit
as defined in Section 6-501 of Title 14A of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. "Business day" means any day except a Sunday or a legal
holiday;
3. "Buyer/Member" means a natural person who enters into a
health spa contract or membership;
4. "Membership agreement" means any agreement between a member
and a health spa for use of health spa services;
5. "Health spa" means and includes any person, firm,
corporation, organization, club or association engaged in a program
of physical exercise, which includes the use of one or more of a
sauna, whirlpool, weight-lifting room, massage, steam room, or
exercising machine or device, or exercise rooms, or engaged in the
sale of the right or privilege to use exercise equipment or
facilities, such as a sauna, whirlpool, weight-lifting room,
massage, steam room or exercising machine or device or exercise
rooms. The term "health spa" shall not include the following:
a. bona fide nonprofit organizations, including, but not
limited to, the Young Men's Christian Association,
Young Women's Christian Association, or similar
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 1401
organizations whose functions as health spas are only
incidental to their overall functions and purposes,
b. any private club owned and operated by its members,
c. any organization solely operated for the purpose of
teaching a particular form of self-defense such as
judo or karate,
d. any facility owned or operated by the United States,
e. any facility owned or operated by this state or any of
its political subdivisions,
f. any nonprofit public or private school, college or
university,
g. any facility operated solely for aerobics or toning,
and
h. any facility that only offers month-to-month
memberships and does not charge any application,
process, cancellation, or other service fees;
6. "Health spa services" means and includes services,
privileges, or rights offered for sale or provided by a health spa;
7. "Initiation fee" means a nonrecurring fee charged at or near
the beginning of a health spa membership;
8. "Monthly fee" means the total consideration, including but
not limited to, equipment or locker rental, credit check, finance,
medical and dietary evaluation, class and training fees, and all
other similar fees or charges and interest, but excluding any
initiation fee, to be paid by a buyer, divided by the total number
of months of health spa service use allowed by the buyer's contract
or membership, including months or time periods called "free" or
"bonus" months or time periods and such months or time periods which
are described in any other terms suggesting that they are provided
free of charge, which months or time periods are given or
contemplated when the contract or membership is initially executed;
9. "Prepayment" means any amount paid in advance of the
maturity of the health spa membership, to include payment in part or
in full, accelerated monthly fees or any required down payment or
initiation fee;
10. "Program" means any use of a health spa facility for the
purpose of physical exercise in a structured or nonstructured
environment; and
11. "Presale" means payment of any consideration for services
or the use of facilities made prior to the day on which the services
or facilities of the health spa are fully open and available for
regular use by the members.
1. "Administrator" means the Administrator of Consumer Credit
as defined in Section 6-501 of Title 14A of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. "Business day" means any day except a Sunday or a legal
holiday;
3. "Buyer/Member" means a natural person who enters into a
health spa contract or membership;
4. "Membership agreement" means any agreement between a member
and a health spa for use of health spa services;
5. "Health spa" means and includes any person, firm,
corporation, organization, club or association engaged in a program
of physical exercise, which includes the use of one or more of a
sauna, whirlpool, weight-lifting room, massage, steam room, or
exercising machine or device, or exercise rooms, or engaged in the
sale of the right or privilege to use exercise equipment or
facilities, such as a sauna, whirlpool, weight-lifting room,
massage, steam room or exercising machine or device or exercise
rooms. The term "health spa" shall not include the following:
a. bona fide nonprofit organizations, including, but not
limited to, the Young Men's Christian Association,
Young Women's Christian Association, or similar
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 1401
organizations whose functions as health spas are only
incidental to their overall functions and purposes,
b. any private club owned and operated by its members,
c. any organization solely operated for the purpose of
teaching a particular form of self-defense such as
judo or karate,
d. any facility owned or operated by the United States,
e. any facility owned or operated by this state or any of
its political subdivisions,
f. any nonprofit public or private school, college or
university,
g. any facility operated solely for aerobics or toning,
and
h. any facility that only offers month-to-month
memberships and does not charge any application,
process, cancellation, or other service fees;
6. "Health spa services" means and includes services,
privileges, or rights offered for sale or provided by a health spa;
7. "Initiation fee" means a nonrecurring fee charged at or near
the beginning of a health spa membership;
8. "Monthly fee" means the total consideration, including but
not limited to, equipment or locker rental, credit check, finance,
medical and dietary evaluation, class and training fees, and all
other similar fees or charges and interest, but excluding any
initiation fee, to be paid by a buyer, divided by the total number
of months of health spa service use allowed by the buyer's contract
or membership, including months or time periods called "free" or
"bonus" months or time periods and such months or time periods which
are described in any other terms suggesting that they are provided
free of charge, which months or time periods are given or
contemplated when the contract or membership is initially executed;
9. "Prepayment" means any amount paid in advance of the
maturity of the health spa membership, to include payment in part or
in full, accelerated monthly fees or any required down payment or
initiation fee;
10. "Program" means any use of a health spa facility for the
purpose of physical exercise in a structured or nonstructured
environment; and
11. "Presale" means payment of any consideration for services
or the use of facilities made prior to the day on which the services
or facilities of the health spa are fully open and available for
regular use by the members.
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