a. "Aftercare" means written instructions given to the client, specific to the body art procedure(s) rendered, about caring for the body art and surrounding area. These instructions will include information about when to seek medical treatment, if necessary.
b. "Antiseptic" means an agent that destroys disease-causing microorganisms on human skin or mucosa.
c. "Body Art'' means the practice of physical body adornment by licensed establishments and permitted practitioners utilizing, but not limited to, the following techniques: body piercing, tattooing, cosmetic tattooing, branding and scarification. It does not include practices or procedures which are considered to be medical procedures by the state medical board, such as hair or skin implants, or plastic surgery.
d. "Body art establishments" means any place or premise, whether public or private, transient, temporary or permanent in nature or location where the practice of body art, whether or not for profit, is carried out.
e. "Body piercing'' means any method of piercing the skin or mucosa, except the ear, in order to place any object, including, but not limited to, rings, studs, bars, or other forms of jewelry or ornamentation, through the skin or mucosa.
f. "City" shall mean the City of Howell.
g. "Contaminated waste" means any liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially-infectious materials: contaminated items that would release blood or other potentially-infectious materials in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed; items that are caked with dried blood or other potentially-infectious materials and are capable of releasing these materials during handling; and contaminated sharps and pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood and other potentially-infectious materials, as defined in 29 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1910.1030 (latest edition), known as "Occupational Exposure to Blood-borne Pathogens."
h. "Cosmetic tattooing" means the practice of depositing pigment into the epidermis, utilizing needles, which is either permanent, semi-permanent or temporary by someone other than a state-licensed physician. Cosmetic tattooing shall also mean the same as permanent cosmetics, dermography, micro-pigmentation, permanent color technology and micro-pigment implantation.
i. "Disinfection" means the killing of the microorganisms on inanimate objects or surfaces which cause disease in humans.
j. "Equipment" means all machinery, including fixtures, containers, vessels, tools, devices, implements, furniture, display and storage areas, sinks, and all other apparatus and appurtenances used in connection with the operation of a body art establishment.
k. "Hand sink" means a lavatory equipped with hot and cold running water under pressure used solely for washing hands, arms and other portions of the body.
l. "Hot water" means water which is at a constant temperature of at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
m. "Instruments used for body art" means hand pieces, needles, needle bars and other instruments that may come in contact with a client's body fluid during body art procedures.
n. "Invasive" means entry into the body either by incision or insertion of an instrument into or through the skin or mucosa, or by any other means intended to compromise the skin or mucosa.
o. "Jewelry" means any personal ornament inserted into a newly-pierced area, which must be made of surgical implant-grade stainless steel; solid 14k or 18k white or yellow gold, niobium, titanium, or platinum; or a dense, low-porosity plastic, which is free of nicks, scratches, or irregular surfaces and has been properly sterilized prior to use.
p. "License" means written approval by the City of Howell to operate a body art establishment.
q. "Minor" means an individual under 18 years of age who is not emancipated under Section 4 of Act no. 293 of the Public Acts of 1968, being Section 722.4 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
r. "Operate/Operator" means an individual who is self-employed and conducts his or her own body art establishment, or who is employed by another person to directly manage the day-to-day activities of a body art establishment.
s. "Permit" means the permitting of individual practitioners engaged in the practice of body art, through the demonstration of knowledge by means of the successful completion of a written examination, in anatomy and body art technology, effective sterilization, sanitation, and hygienic and disease-controlling techniques, the proper use of single-use sharps and apparatus, recognition of skin disorders and diseases and other diseases such as diabetes, which contraindicates the practice of body art, and procedures required to safely collect and dispose of contaminated waste.
t. "Person" means a person as defined in MCL 333.1106 or a government entity.
u. "Practitioner" means any person who controls, operates, manages, conducts, or practices body art activities, and who is responsible for compliance with these regulations whether or not actually currently performing body art activities. The term includes technicians and persons who assist in the actual performance of body art activities.
v. "Procedure surface" means any surface that contacts a client's unclothed body during a body art procedure or any associated work area that may require sanitizing.
w. "Sanitize/Sanitization" means a treatment of the cleanable surfaces of equipment by a product registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and which has been approved by the Livingston County Health Division as being effective in reducing the number of microorganisms to a safe level.
x. "Sharps" means any sterilized object that is used for the purpose of penetrating the skin or mucosa including, but not limited to, needles, scalpel blades, razor blades, and broken glass.
y. "Sharps container" means a puncture-resistant, leak-proof container that can be closed for handling, storage, transportation and disposal, and is labeled with the international "biohazard" symbol.
z. "Single use" means products or items that are intended for one-time, one-person use and are disposed of after use on each client including, but not limited to, cotton swabs or balls, tissues or paper products, paper or plastic cups, gauze and sanitary coverings, razors, piercing needles, scalpel blades, stencil ink cups, and protective gloves.
aa. "Sterilize/Sterilization" means destruction of all forms of microbiotic life, including spores.
bb. "Tattooing" means any method of placing ink or other pigment into or under the skin or mucosa by the aid of needles or any other instruments used to puncture the skin, resulting in permanent coloration of the skin or mucosa. This includes all forms of cosmetic tattooing.
cc. "Temporary body art establishment" means any place or premise operating at a fixed location where a practitioner performs body art procedures for no more than fourteen (14) days consecutively in conjunction with a single event or celebration.
dd. "Universal precautions" means a set of guidelines and controls, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as "Guidelines for Prevention of Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Health-Care and Public Safety Workers" in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), June 23, 1989, Vol. 38, No. S-6, and as "Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Patients During Exposure-Prone Invasive Procedures", in MMWR, July 12, 1991, Vol. 40, RR-8. This method of infection control requires the employer and employee to assume that all human blood and specified human body fluids are infectious for HIV, HBV, and other blood pathogens. Precautions include hand washing, gloving, personal protective equipment, injury prevention, and proper handling and disposal of needles, other sharp instruments, and blood and body fluid-contaminated products.