(A) Appropriate personal protective equipment shall be worn as follows:
(1) A clean protective clothing layer shall be worn whenever there is a reasonably anticipated risk of contamination of clothing by blood or OPIM.
(2) Masks in combination with eye protection devices such as goggles or glasses with a solid side shield or chin length face shield shall be worn whenever splashes, spray, splatter, or droplets of blood or OPIM maybe generated and eye, nose, or mouth contamination can be reasonably anticipated.
(3) Disposable gloves such as surgical or examination type shall be worn during the tattooing or body-piercing process. Gloves shall be changed and properly disposed of each time there is an interruption in the application of the tattoo or body piercing, when the gloves becomes torn or punctured or the ability to function as a barrier is compromised. Disposable gloves shall not be reused.
(4) Gloves shall be worn when decontaminating environmental surfaces and equipment.
(B) Tattooing equipment.
(1) Only single-use razors shall be used.
(2) All stencils shall be properly disposed of after a single use.
(3) If a design is drawn directly onto the skin, it shall be applied with a single-use article only.
(C) Needles.
(1) Needles shall be individually packaged and sterilized prior to use.
(2) Needles shall be single-use only.
(3) Needles shall be discarded in sharps containers immediately after use.
(4) Contaminated needles shall not be bent or broken or otherwise manipulated by hand.
(D) Dyes or pigments or other objects placed under the skin:
(1) All dyes or pigments used in tattooing shall be from professional suppliers specifically providing dyes or pigments for the tattooing of human skin.
(2) In preparing dyes or pigments to be used by tattoo artists, only non-toxic, sterile materials shall be used. Single-use or individual portions of dyes or pigment in clean, single-use containers shall be used for each client.
(3) After tattooing, the remaining unused dye or pigment in single-use or individual containers shall be discarded along with the container.
(4) Any object placed under the skin shall be sterile.
(Ord. 2011-07, passed 6-7-11) Penalty, see § 111.99