(a) Employee health.
(1) No person affected with any boils, infected wounds, open sores, acute respiratory infection or other communicable disease or condition, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea shall be work in any area of a tattoo or body piercing establishment in any capacity in which there is a likelihood of contaminating tattoo or body piercing equipment, supplies or work surfaces with pathogenic organisms.
(2) Proof shall be provided upon request of the township that all operators have either completed or were offered and declined the Hepatitis B vaccination series, antibody testing has revealed that the employee is immune to Hepatitis B, or that the vaccine is contraindicated for medical reasons. Contraindication is to be supported by a dated and signed physician’s statement specifying the name of the employee and that the vaccine cannot be given.
(b) Cleanliness and personal hygiene.
(1) Prior to starting each tattoo, piercing or handling the supplies for the procedure, the operator is to wash his or her hands, forearms and nails thoroughly with an antiseptic liquid soap or its equivalent, nail brush and water. The operator’s hands and forearms shall be dried with individual, single-use towels. Disposable single service surgical gloves shall be worn for any procedure involving contact with a customer’s skin, hair or other body tissue. If the operator is allergic to latex, he or she should use powderless or hypoallergenic gloves. Gloves shall be changed after contacting overhead lights, power supplies, telephones, ink bottles, furniture, curtains or other non-protected surfaces during the procedure or whenever necessary to prevent cross-contamination. Protective gloves shall be disposed of and hands shall be thoroughly washed after the procedure has been completed.
(2) Every tattoo or body piercing operator shall wash his or her hands thoroughly with warm water and soap and use an individual clean towel after use of the toilet.
(3) Each operator shall keep his or her outer garments clean at all times during business hours and shall be clean in person.
(4) All operators shall refrain from smoking, eating or drinking in the service area.
(Ord. 832, passed 3-15-2006)