(A) Restricted activities. A tattoo artist and/or body piercing artist may not engage in the practice of tattooing and/or body piercing while under the influence of alcohol or other mind-altering drug. Minors are prohibited from the practice of tattooing and/or body piercing. A tattoo artist and/or body piercing artist who knowingly has an infectious disease in a communicable stage may not tattoo or pierce a patron. Infectious diseases include rashes, skin lesions, boils, and blood-borne diseases such as viral hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency virus infection. A tattoo artist and/or body piercing artist shall wear clean, laundered clothing and shall bathe daily. The tattoo artist's and/or body piercing artist's hair shall be secured, tied, or covered in such a fashion to prevent the hair from falling in front of the artist's shoulders when in a normal working position.
(1975 Code, § 26-29)
(B) Patrons restricted; notice posted.
(1) A tattoo artist and/or body piercing artist may not tattoo or pierce a patron without first obtaining a signed consent. The consent must include a statement by the patron that he or she is free from infectious or contagious diseases in a communicable stage. This includes rashes, skin lesions, boils, and blood-borne diseases such as viral hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency virus infection. A tattoo artist and/or body piercing artist may not tattoo or pierce a patron with evident skin lesions or skin infections or who is known or suspected to have an infectious or contagious disease in a communicable stage.
(2) Minors may not be tattooed or pierced unless the minor's parent, or legal guardian, has signed a consent form authorizing the tattoo or body piercing. No tattoo artist and/or body piercing artist may tattoo or pierce a patron who is under the influence of alcohol or other mind-altering drugs.
(3) A tattoo artist and/or body piercing artist shall conspicuously post a notice stating that it is illegal to tattoo or pierce any person under the age of 18 without the parents', or legal guardian's, signed consent.
(1975 Code, § 26-30)
(Ord. 1246, passed 12-6-2010; Am. Ord. 1249, passed 2-7-2011) Penalty, see § 10.99