(a) A tattoo artist must have the following minimum equipment:
(1) Twenty-five liner tubes of whatever style and design preferred in sealed sterile envelopes;
(2) Twenty-five shader tubes of whatever style and design preferred in sealed sterile envelopes; and
(3) Fifty needle bar setups with needles attached in sealed sterile envelopes.
(b) Each tattoo establishment must have the following minimum equipment:
(1) Five hundred disposable pigment containers;
(2) Three hundred disposable latex or vinyl examination gloves;
(3) One gallon each of germicidal soap, isopropyl alcohol and distilled water for prepping skin;
(4) Access to the applicable sterilization and sanitization measures in this chapter;
(5) Closed dust-proof containers for the exclusive storage of instruments, dyes, pigments, stencils and other equipment; and
(6) Gauze and bandages.
(1992 Code, § 38.5-32) (Ord. 54-93, passed 7-6-1993)