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(A) Records. Records of each patron shall be maintained for two years. The record shall include the following:
(1) Patron’s name.
(2) Address.
(3) Age. Age must be verified by two items of identification, one of which must be a valid government issued identification.
(4) Date of the tattoo or body piercing.
(5) Design of the tattoo or body piercing.
(6) Location of the tattoo or body piercing on the patron’s body.
(7) The name of the tattoo artist or body piercer who performed the work.
(8) Jewelry or other decoration used.
(B) Tattooing and body piercing of minors prohibited. No person shall tattoo any person under the age of 18 years, except in the presence of and with the written permission of a properly identified parent or legal guardian of such person. Under no circumstances shall any person tattoo or body pierce a person under the age of 16. A person providing tattoo or body piercing services shall conspicuously post a notice stating that it is illegal to tattoo or body pierce any person under the age of 18 without the parent or legal guardian's consent and without the parent or legal guardian present and that it is illegal to ever tattoo or body pierce any person under the age of 16 years old.
(Ord. G-10-15, passed 4-15-2010) Penalty, see § 122.99
Tattoo artists or body piercers who are experiencing symptoms of acute disease that include, but are not limited to:
(A) Diarrhea;
(B) Vomiting;
(C) Fever;
(D) Rash;
(E) Productive cough;
(F) Jaundice; or
(G) Draining (or open) skin infections, boils, impetigo, or scabies;
shall refrain from providing tattoos or body piercing.
(Ord. G-10-15, passed 4-15-2010) Penalty, see § 122.99
(A) Handwashing facilities shall be readily accessible in the each work station where tattooing or body piercing is provided.
(B) Hands shall be washed with soap and running water immediately before putting on gloves and after removal of gloves or other personal protective equipment.
(C) Only single use towels shall be used.
(Ord. G-10-15, passed 4-15-2010) Penalty, see § 122.99
Appropriate personal protective equipment shall be worn as follows:
(A) A clean protective clothing layer shall be worn whenever there is a reasonably anticipated risk of contamination of clothing by blood or OPIM.
(B) 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 may be generated and eye, nose, or mouth contamination can be reasonably anticipated.
(C) Disposable gloves, such as surgical or examination type, shall 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 become torn or punctured, or whenever the ability to function as a barrier is compromised. Disposable gloves shall not be reused.
(D) Gloves shall be worn when decontaminating environmental surfaces and equipment.
(Ord. G-10-15, passed 4-15-2010) Penalty, see § 122.99
(A) Only single use razors shall be used to shave the area to be tattooed.
(B) All stencils shall be properly disposed of after a single use.
(C) If the design is drawn directly onto the skin, it shall be applied with a single use article only.
(Ord. G-10-15, passed 4-15-2010) Penalty, see § 122.99
(A) Needles shall be individually packaged and sterilized prior to use.
(B) Needles shall be single use only.
(C) Needles shall be discarded in sharps containers immediately after use.
(D) Contaminated needles shall not be bent or broken or otherwise manipulated by hand.
(Ord. G-10-15, passed 4-15-2010) Penalty, see § 122.99
(A) Heating procedures capable of sterilization must be used when heat stable, nondisposable equipment is sterilized.
(B) Equipment that is to be sterilized shall be put in single-use packaging.
(C) Records must be maintained to document the following:
(1) Duration of sterilization technique.
(2) Determination of effective sterility, such as use of a biological indicator, is performed monthly.
(3) Equipment is maintained as recommended by the owner’s manual and proof is available that the owner’s manual recommendations are reviewed monthly.
(4) Reusable contaminated equipment shall not be stored or processed in a manner that requires any person to reach by hand into the containers where these sharp items have been placed.
(5) Reusable contaminated equipment shall be:
(a) Placed in puncture-resistant containers which are:
1. Labeled with the biohazard symbol; and
2. Leakproof on both sides and bottom.
(b) Stored in a manner that does not require reaching by hand into the container where the equipment is stored until cleaning prior to sterilization.
(6) Contaminated reusable equipment shall be effectively cleaned prior to sterilization or disinfection.
(7) Any reusable contaminated equipment that comes into direct contact, or is likely to come into direct contact, with an instrument that penetrates the skin other than a piercing gun shall be effectively cleaned and sterilized prior to use.
(8) All sterilized equipment shall not be removed from wrappers or sterilizer packaging until immediately prior to use.
(9) Any reusable equipment that comes into contact with mucous membranes shall be effectively cleaned and sterilized prior to use.
(10) Piercing guns shall be cleaned and undergo, at a minimum, high level disinfection after each use and whenever visibly contaminated.
(11) All reusable equipment that has contact with intact skin shall undergo, at a minimum, intermediate level disinfection.
(12) All other equipment used during the tattooing or body piercing procedure shall be single use, including corks.
(13) All body piercers and tattoo artists shall comply with all other equipment manufacturer’s recommendations.
(Ord. G-10-15, passed 4-15-2010) Penalty, see § 122.99
(A) All dyes or pigments in tattooing shall be from professional suppliers specifically providing dyes or pigments for the tattooing of human skin.
(B) 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 pigments in clean, single-use containers shall be used for each patron.
(C) After tattooing, the remaining unused dye or pigment in single use or individual containers shall be discarded along with the container.
(D) Any object placed under the skin shall be sterile.
(Ord. G-10-15, passed 4-15-2010) Penalty, see § 122.99
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