(A) Any municipality may regulate the practice of tattooing, saline tattoo removal, and body piercing by licensing practitioners of tattooing, saline tattoo removal, or body piercing; inspecting tattoo, saline tattoo removal, and body piercing establishments; and establishing standards for sanitation that are at least as stringent as those adopted by the Department of Health under SDCL § 34-1-17.
(B) Terms used in this section mean:
BODY PIERCING. To place a permanent or temporary foreign object in a person’s body for a decorative or other nonmedical purpose by a person not directly under the supervision of a licensed physician as defined by SDCL § 36-4-11.
SALINE TATTOO REMOVAL. Inserting a saline solution in skin to lighten or remove an existing tattoo. The term does not include the use of other acids or of lasers as described in SDCL § 36-4-8.2.
TATTOOING. To make marks or designs into the skin by puncturing it and inserting indelible colors. The term includes microblading and similar techniques used to partially or fully simulate natural hair.
(SDCL § 9-34-17) Penalty, see § 10.99