BODY ART ESTABLISHMENT: | An establishment licensed under the Illinois Department of Public Health that conducts physical body adornment activities, including, but not limited to, the following techniques: body piercing, tattooing, cosmetic tattooing, branding and scarification. This definition does not include practices that are considered medical procedures by the Illinois State Medical Board, such as implants under the skin, which shall not be performed in a body art establishment. |
PIERCE or PIERCING: | To make a hole in the body in order to insert or allow the insertion of any ring, hoop, stud, or other object for the purpose of ornamentation of the body. The term “body” includes the oral cavity. |
TATTOO or TATTOOING: | To insert pigment under the surface of the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle or otherwise, so as to produce an indelible mark or figure visible through the skin. (M-29-20, 11-2-2020) |