In addition to the other regulations set forth in this chapter, the following additional regulations shall apply to tattoo parlors:
A. Each practitioner must wear a clean outer garment while providing tattooing or body piercing services.
B. Each practitioner shall have an individual fingernail file and individual handbrush which shall be clean and which shall be sterilized before each use by boiling for 15 minutes or by immersion in an approved germicidal solution for not less than 20 minutes. Germicidal solutions used to sterilize shall be changed daily and the container thoroughly cleansed.
C. Before working on each patron, each practitioner shall clean his or her fingernails with his or her individual nail file and shall thoroughly wash and scrub his or her hands with hot running water, soap and his or her individual handbrush.
D. That portion of the patron's skin to be tattooed shall be prepared by washing with hot water and soap; by shaving with a sterile safety razor and a single-service blade; and shaving shall be followed by a thorough cleansing with hot water and soap applied with a clean disposable cotton or gauze. A sterile handbrush shall be used, if necessary, to produce a clean skin area.
E. Following the cleansing of the patron's skin, the tattoo artist shall again wash and scrub his or her hands in the manner prescribed above. He shall allow his or her hands to dry with the use of sanitary or mechanical means Before placing the design on the patron's skin, the practitioner shall treat the skin area with 70% alcohol or other approved germicidal solution which shall be applied with sterile cotton or sterile gauze.
F. Only petroleum jelly, United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary shall be applied to the area to be tattooed, and it shall be in collapsible metal or plastic tubes. The application may be spread by the use of sterile gauze, but not directly with the fingers.
G. The stencil for transferring the design to the skin shall be thoroughly cleansed and rinsed in an approved germicidal solution for at least 20 minutes and then it shall be dried with sterile gauze or in the air before each use.
H. In preparing nontoxic dyes or pigments, only nontoxic or sterile material shall be used. Single-service or individual portions of dyes or pigments in clean, sterilized, individual containers or single-service containers must be used for each patron. After tattooing, the remaining unused dye or pigment in the single-service or individual containers must be discarded. The individual container must be resterilized or discarded.