For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ARTIST. A person employed by an establishment to perform body piercing, body modification, or to affix a permanent tattoo to an individual. This includes those defined as BODY PIERCER or TATTOO ARTIST by 410 I.A.C. 1-5, or any person who performs tattooing, boring, penetration, or tunneling through the body of a client.
BODY MODIFICATION. Any tattoo, body piercing, or other penetrating body art, or the use of needles, scalpels, or other medical devices to insert devices or modify the body for the purpose of adornment. This does not include henna tattoos or other surface adornment.
BRANDING. A potentially invasive procedure in which a permanent mark is burned into, or onto, the skin using either temperature, mechanical, or chemical means.
CLIENT. A person or patron who receives tattooing, body piercing, or body modification services.
ESTABLISHMENT. A location where body piercing, body modification, and/or tattooing are performed. This includes a FACILITY as defined by 410 I.A.C. 1-5 and includes temporary events and mobile establishments.
EVENT COORDINATOR. A person, or persons, responsible for the event.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The County Health Department having jurisdiction in the county.
HEALTH OFFICER. The duly-appointed Health Officer having jurisdiction in the county.
IMPLANTING. A procedure involving the placement of an object, or multiple objects, under the skin to mold or shape the skin outwardly for a particular appearance.
MOBILE ESTABLISHMENT. A tattoo, body piercing, or body modification establishment that is wheeled, mounted on a vehicle, or otherwise readily movable; that changes location too frequently to be a candidate for permanent utility connections, as determined by the Health Officer.
OPERATOR. A person who controls, operates, conducts, manages, or owns any establishment, or any artist at a temporary event.
SCARIFICATION. Altering skin texture by cutting the skin and controlling the body’s healing process in order to produce wounds, which result in permanently raised wheals, or bumps, known as keloids.
SUSPENSION. Hanging the body from (or partially from) hooks that are placed by body piercing.
TATTOO REMOVAL. A procedure done to try to remove a tattoo.
TEMPORARY EVENT. An establishment located within a permanent structure that operates for a period of no more than 14 consecutive days for the purposes of product demonstration, industry trade show, or education.
TONGUE SPLITTING. Tongue bifurcation, or a type of body modification in which the tongue is cut centrally from its tip part of the way towards its base, forking the end.
(Ord. 2018-1, passed 1-9-2018)