A tattoo artist and/or body piercing artist shall use antiseptic techniques at all times in the practice of tattooing and/or body piercing. A tattoo artist and/or body piercing artist shall scrub his or her hands with liquid soap and water thoroughly before beginning preparation to tattoo or pierce. Hands must be dried with individual single-use towels. At all times when preparing the skin and while applying the actual tattoo or piercing, the tattoo artist or body piercing artist must wear latex or vinyl examination gloves, which must be discarded upon completion of the tattoo or piercing. A tattoo artist and/or body piercing artist must discard the gloves he or she is wearing, rewash his or her hands, and put on new gloves after an interruption in the tattoo and/or body piercing process, which requires him or her to use his or her hands.
(1975 Code, § 26-42) (Ord. 1246, passed 12-6-2010) Penalty, see § 10.99