§ 127.12 OPERATOR RESPONSIBILITIES.
   (A)   All operators of any tattoo and/or body piercing establishment shall ensure that tattoo artists or body piercers, anyone employed by the tattoo and/or body piercing establishment, or anyone acting on behalf of the tattoo and/or body piercing establishment who has a reasonably anticipated risk for skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parental contact with blood are provided personal protective equipment and expendables needed to implement the precautions required by this chapter and the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s bloodborne pathogens standard.
   (B)   All operators of any tattoo and/or body piercing establishment shall require tattoo artists or body piercers, anyone employed by the tattoo and/or body piercing establishment or anyone acting on behalf of the tattoo and/or body piercing establishment who has a reasonably anticipated risk for skin, eye, mucous membrane or parental contact with blood to provide an evidence of compliance with the universal precautions education requirements contained in § 127.14.
   (C)   All operators of any tattoo and/or body piercing establishment shall display, or make available to the public, a description of his or her compliance with the requirements contained in subsection (D).
   (D)   All operators of any tattoo and/or body piercing establishment shall display, or make available to the public, written materials prepared or approved by the city or its designee explaining universal precautions and patrons rights under this chapter. These materials shall include information on how to report violations of universal precautions and shall include information regarding the city’s Health Department’s duties to investigate.
(Prior Code, § 127.12) (Ord. 8135, passed 10-26-1998)