Sections
18 entriesSection 1812.80Establishes legislative findings that the health-studio industry significantly affects California's economy, communities, and public welfare, and declares purposes of protecting the public…Section 1812.81Defines a “contract for health studio services” to include contracts for specified physical training or assistance, use of health-studio or gym facilities,…Section 1812.82Requires every health studio services contract to be in writing and governed by the title. Requires a copy of the written contract…Section 1812.83Requires overlapping health-studio-service contracts between the same seller and buyer to be treated as one contract for purposes of the title. The…Section 1812.84Prohibits health-studio contracts from requiring payments or financing beyond the contract term or setting a term longer than three years. Exempts valid…Section 1812.85Requires health-studio contracts to provide services beginning within six months and include cancellation rights, with refunds due within 10 days after cancellation…Section 1812.86Prohibits a health-studio-services contract from requiring total payment above the statutory cap. The cap was $3,000 beginning January 1, 2006, and is…Section 1812.87Prohibits contract for health studio services from requiring or entail the execution of any note or series of notes by the buyer…Section 1812.88Bars assignment of a health-studio-services contract from cutting off a buyer's claim or defense unless the assignee gives the required assignment notice…Section 1812.89Requires health-studio contracts to relieve a buyer or estate from future payments and promptly refund prepaid unused services when death or physician-verified…Section 1812.90Establishes that the title’s requirements are not exclusive and do not displace other applicable law. Requires parties and contracts subject to the…Section 1812.91Bars enforcement of a health-studio-services contract that does not comply with the applicable provisions of the title by declaring the noncompliant contract…Section 1812.92Establishes a health-studio-services contract as void and unenforceable when the buyer entered it in reliance on the seller’s willful false, fraudulent, or…Section 1812.93Bars a buyer from waiving provisions of the title by declaring any such waiver contrary to public policy, void, and unenforceable. The…Section 1812.94Allows a buyer injured by a violation of the health-studio title to recover damages, with judgment permitted for three times actual damages…Section 1812.95Establishes that if any provision of the title, or its application to a person or circumstance, is held unconstitutional, the remainder of…Section 1812.96Requires payments for health-studio services before a facility opens to be held in trust, with cancellation refunds paid within 10 days. Exempts…Section 1812.98Allows month-to-month contracts by stating that nothing in the title is intended to prohibit them. Establishes that this permission is declaratory of…