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Fitness Studios (Licensing and Supervision) Law, 5754-1994

חוק מכוני כושר (רישוי ופיקוח), תשנ"ד-1994

Published: 1994-03-24Last amended 2024-12-10✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28
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Definitions§

1.

In this Law –

"parent" – includes a guardian and any person in whose custody the minor is held by law;

"Sports Law" – Sports Law, 5748-1988;

"Business Licensing Law" – (Repealed);

"instructor" – the holder of a certification certificate under the Sports Law for instruction in the sport branch of physical fitness and health, including the holder of a temporary permit under that Law;

"instructor for the training of minors" – an instructor whose certification certificate or temporary permit attests that he has undergone appropriate training for the instruction of minors at a fitness studio, as determined by the Minister;

"fitness studio" – a place where persons train using equipment that activates the muscles under conditions of physical exertion;

"trainee" – a person who uses equipment at a fitness studio;

"minor" – a person who has not yet attained the age of 18 years;

"licence" – (Repealed);

"the Minister" – the Minister of Science, Culture and Sport.

2.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 3, 2022)

Presence of an Instructor for the Training of Minors§

3.
(a)(Repealed).
(b)
(1)At all times when minors are training at a fitness studio, an instructor for the training of minors shall be present on the premises, and that instructor alone shall be permitted, subject to the provisions determined by the Minister under paragraph (2), to teach a minor the methods of operating the equipment at the fitness studio and to supervise the minor's training;
(2)The Minister may determine provisions on the following matters, having regard, inter alia, to the age of the minors training:
(a)the maximum number of minor trainees that an instructor for the training of minors may instruct at one and the same time;
(b)age restrictions with respect to types of training or with respect to the operation of types of equipment;
(c)safety rules that shall apply with respect to the training and instruction of minors at a fitness studio.

Medical Fitness§

4.
(a)A fitness studio shall accept a trainee only after the trainee has furnished it with a medical questionnaire that includes a health declaration signed by the trainee confirming that the trainee does not suffer from medical problems that may endanger the trainee during training at a fitness studio (in this Section – health declaration); the Minister, with the consent of the Minister of Health and after consultation with the Education, Culture and Sport Committee of the Knesset, shall determine the wording of the health declaration, and the Minister may determine categories of fitness studios that shall be exempt from the obligation to require a health declaration from trainees.
(b)If a trainee has answered in the affirmative to one of the questions in the health declaration, the fitness studio shall accept the trainee only after the trainee has also furnished it with a medical certificate in which a physician has confirmed that there is no risk to the trainee's health in training at a fitness studio (in this Section – medical certificate).
(c)If the trainee is a minor, the health declaration or the medical certificate, as the case may be, shall be accompanied by a written consent, signed by a parent, of one of the trainee's parents to training at a fitness studio; such consent may be given for a single training session or for categories of training.
(d)A fitness studio shall require a trainee to furnish it with a health declaration once every two years, and with respect to a trainee who has furnished a medical certificate, the fitness studio shall require the trainee to furnish it with a medical certificate once a year.
(e)A fitness studio shall retain health declarations in which trainees have answered all questions in the negative, as well as medical certificates.
(f)The Minister, with the consent of the Minister of Health and after consultation with the Education, Culture and Sport Committee of the Knesset, may determine provisions on any matter relating to the health declaration and the medical certificate, including provisions with respect to the date of issue of a medical certificate and with respect to the period for the retention of documents under this Section.

Professional Instruction§

4a.
(a)A fitness studio shall accept a new trainee only after an instructor has provided the trainee with instruction that includes all of the following:
(1)a training programme tailored personally to the trainee;
(2)safety rules applicable to training at a fitness studio, including the methods of operating the equipment.
(b)At all times when an instructor is not present at the fitness studio, a person who has completed a first-aid course and holds a valid certificate shall be present in the complex in which the fitness studio is located.
(c)The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a fitness studio located in a residential building, a workplace or a hotel, provided that the fitness studio is not open to the general public.
(d)In this Section –

"hotel" – as defined in the Tourism Services Law, 5736-1976;

"new trainee" – a person who declared upon registration at the studio that the person is training at a fitness studio for the first time.

5.§

(Repealed — תיקון מס' 2, 2015)

Penalties§

6.

A person who contravenes the provisions of section 3 and a person who enables another person to train at a fitness studio in contravention of the provisions of section 4 is liable to double the fine prescribed in section 61(a)(2) of the Penal Law, 5737-1977.

Preservation of Provisions§

7.

This Law comes to add to the provisions of any law and not to derogate therefrom.

Implementation and Regulations§

8.

The Minister is charged with the implementation of this Law, and the Minister may, after consultation with the Minister of Health and with the Education and Culture Committee of the Knesset, make Regulations on any matter relating to its implementation.

Amendment of Business Licensing Law No. 9§

9.

In the Business Licensing Law, 5728-1968, after section 2c the following shall be inserted:

"Fitness studios

2d. (a) A licence shall not be granted to a fitness studio except after consultation with a person whom the Minister of Education and Culture has authorised for that purpose, and after all of the following conditions have been fulfilled:

(1)the licensing authority has found that the fitness studio is located in a suitable place, that its equipment is positioned at a reasonable distance from one another, that the manufacturer's instructions for use in the Hebrew language, the Arabic language and the English language are affixed to each item of equipment in a prominent place, and that the customers of the fitness studio have been insured in the particulars of insurance and the minimum insurance amounts determined under section 7 of the Sports Law;
(2)conditions have been set in the licence requiring the fitness studio to operate in accordance with the provisions of the Sports Law as if all activity carried out therein were "sports activity" within the meaning of the Sports Law;
(3)conditions have been set in the licence requiring the fitness studio to comply with the provisions of the Fitness Studios (Licensing and Supervision) Law, 5754-1994.
(b)The Minister, in consultation with the Minister of Education and Culture, may exempt by Order categories of fitness studios from the licensing obligation under this Law, and the Minister shall exempt from the licensing obligation a fitness studio held and operated by a sports association within the meaning of the Sports Law.
(c)For the purposes of this Section, 'fitness studio' – as defined in the Fitness Studios (Licensing and Supervision) Law, 5754-1994."

Commencement§

10.

This Law shall commence 90 days from the date of its publication in Reshumot (Official Gazette).

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