Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 69 - KANSAS BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY
Article 15 - TATTOOING, BODY PIERCING, AND PERMANENT COSMETICS
Section 69-15-17 - Required equipment

Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 69-15-17

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) Each cosmetic tattoo artist or tattoo artist shall maintain the following equipment at the establishment:

(1) A tattoo machine or hand pieces of nonporous material that can be sanitized;

(2) stainless steel or carbon needles and needle bars;

(3) stainless steel, brass, or medical-grade plastic tubes that can be sterilized;

(4) sterilization bags with color strip indicators, if the establishment does not use disposable implements;

(5) single-use protective gloves;

(6) single-use razors or straight razors;

(7) single-use towels, tissues, or paper products;

(8) a sharps container and biohazard waste bags;

(9) approved inks, dyes, and pigments, as required by K.A.R. 69-15-15;

(10) approved equipment for cleaning and sterilizing instruments at the establishment, as required by K.A.R. 69-15-18 and 69-15-20;

(11) spore tests, as required by K.A.R. 69-15-20; and

(12) body arts industry-accepted ointment or lubricant.

(b) Each body piercer shall maintain the following equipment at the establishment:

(1) Single-use stainless steel needles;

(2) sterilization bags with color strip indicators, if the establishment does not use disposable implements;

(3) single-use protective gloves;

(4) single-use towels, tissues, or paper products;

(5) a sharps container and biohazard waste bags;

(6) approved equipment for cleaning and sterilizing instruments, as required by K.A.R. 69-15-18 and 69-15-20;

(7) a piercing table or chair of nonporous material that can be sanitized;

(8) a covered trash receptacle;

(9) spore tests, as required by K.A.R. 69-15-20;

(10) forceps that can be sterilized;

(11) pliers of various sizes, made of material that can be sterilized;

(12) bleach or hard-surface disinfectants;

(13) antibacterial hand soap;

(14) jewelry disinfectant; and

(15) body arts industry-accepted ointment or lubricant.

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