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Should any tattoo or body piercing establishment have more than one location where the business of tattooing or body piercing is pursued, a certificate stating the address of the principal place of business and of the other location or locations shall be issued by the Board of Health upon the tender of a fee as established by the Board of Health per year, per location. Licenses issued for other locations, if any, shall terminate on the same date as that of the principal place of business, regardless of the date of issuance.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
(a) Every tattooist or person offering body piercing services shall post the license issued by the Board of Health in his or her work area along with a front faced portrait photograph at least two inches by two inches.
(b) Every person, corporation, partnership or association licensed under this chapter for an establishment license shall display such license in a prominent place on the premises.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
Every tattoo or body piercing establishment shall maintain a register of all persons employed at any time as tattooists and body piercing operators and their license numbers. Such register shall be available at the tattoo or body piercing establishment to representatives of the City during regular business hours.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
Any license issued for a tattoo or body piercing establishment may be revoked or suspended by the Board of Health after notice and a hearing, for good cause, or in any case where any of the provisions of this chapter are violated or where any employee of the licensee is engaged in any conduct which violates any of the State or local laws or ordinances at the licensee's place of business and the licensee knew or could have known by due diligence. Such license may also be revoked or suspended by the Board of Health, after notice and hearing, upon notification from the Health Commissioner that the business is not being managed, conducted or maintained with regard to the requirements of the Ohio Revised Code and the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC). Such revocation proceedings shall be before the Board of Health and shall be conducted pursuant to Section 747.22.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
(a) Every portion of the tattoo or body piercing establishment, including appliances and apparatus, shall be kept clean with disinfectant or a heat sterilization device and operated in a safe and sanitary condition according to the rules and regulations established by the Board of Health and adopted under Ohio R.C. 3730.10.
(b) Price rates for all services shall be prominently posted in the reception area in a location available to all prospective customers.
(c) No tattoo or body piercing establishment granted a license under the provisions of this chapter shall place, publish or distribute, or cause to be placed, published or distributed, any advertisement, picture or statement which is known, or through the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be false, deceptive or misleading, in order to induce any patron to purchase or utilize any tattoo or body piercing service.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
No person shall permit any person under the age of eighteen years to come on or remain on the premises of any tattoo or body piercing establishment to serve in the capacity of a tattooist, employee or patron except as provided in Section 747.02(f). Violation of this section constitutes good cause for suspension or revocation of the establishment's license to operate.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
No person shall sell, give, dispense, provide or keep, or cause to be sold, given, dispensed, provided or kept, any alcoholic beverage or nonprescription controlled substance on the premises of any tattoo or body piercing establishment.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
The Board of Health or its authorized representative shall, from time to time, make an inspection of each tattoo or body piercing establishment for the purposes of determining that the establishment is in full compliance with the provisions of this chapter. No licensee shall fail to allow such inspection officer access to the premises during the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. or hinder such officer in any manner during such inspection.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
No person granted a license pursuant to this chapter shall operate the tattoo or body piercing establishment under a name not specified in his or her license, nor shall he or she conduct business under any designation or location not specified in his or her license.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
No license shall be transferable except with the prior written consent of the Board of Health and ratification by the Health Commissioner. An application for such transfer shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed by the Board of Health. The written application for such transfer shall contain the same information as requested in this chapter for the initial application for the license.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
Any operator of a tattoo or body piercing establishment, and all of his or her employees and operators, shall present, upon application for a license, proof of a completed immunization series for Hepatitis B, or proof of immunity to Hepatitis B, through laboratory test results.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
All operators of tattoo and body piercing establishments and all of their employees and operators who perform tattooing or body piercing, including the operation of ear piercing guns, shall wear a clean new pair of disposable gloves made of latex or a similar non-porous material during each tattooing or body piercing procedure or while operating an ear piercing gun.
(Ord. 98-215. Passed 9-8-98.)
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