712.03 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TATTOOING AND BODY PIERCING BUSINESSES.
   (a)   No person shall control, operate, conduct or manage any tattoo business or body piercing business, whether to not actually performing the work of tattooing or body piercing, without first obtaining approval from the Greene County Health Department in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3730.
   (b)   Every tattoo business or body piercing business shall contain not less than 150 square feet of usable floor space. If more than one operator or artist is engaged in the tattooing or body piercing profession in the same operation, there shall be a minimum of 100 square feet of floor space for each operator or artist.
   (c)   Every tattoo artist, tattoo operator and body piercing operator shall at all times comply with the following requirements:
      (1)   All tattooing related procedures and body piercing procedures shall be performed in a clean, safe and sanitary manner as required by the Greene County Health Department so as to minimize the potential of disease transmission.
      (2)   All areas of a tattoo business and a body piercing business shall be constructed and maintained in a clean, safe and sanitary manner in compliance with all applicable statutes, laws, regulations and codes of the Greene County Health Department and State of Ohio.
         (Ord. 9-07. Passed 2-19-07.)