(a) An applicant for a license to operate a tattooing and/or body piercing establishment shall first obtain a Certificate of Inspection from the Building Commissioner, indicating the establishment has been inspected and is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The Building Commissioner shall engage the Health Officer for the purpose of conducting annual and other periodic inspections, as may be necessary, of any tattooing and/or body piercing establishment for the purpose of determining whether or not said establishment and the persons performing the art of tattooing and/or body piercing therein are in compliance with all applicable provisions contained within this regulation and other pertinent regulations of the Health District. It shall be unlawful for any person or operator of a tattooing and/or body piercing establishment to willfully prevent or restrain the Health Officer, or his designee, from entering any licensed establishment where tattooing and/or body piercing is being performed for the purpose of inspecting said premises, after proper identification is presented to the operator.
(c) The Certificate of Inspection shall be posted within the tattoo and/or body piercing establishment to serve as public notice that said establishment has been inspected and is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 71-12. Passed 3-25-13.)