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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