Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2267 - Office of Tattooing, Body Piercing, and Branding</
Chapter 5 - Standards of Practice
Section 20 CSR 2267-5.010 - Standards of Practice
Universal Citation: 20 MO Code of State Regs 2267-5.010
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment deletes language regarding tattoo removal.
(1) Competence.
(A) Each licensed tattooist, body
piercer, or brander shall:
1. Practice within
his or her scope of practice and shall not attempt any procedure that is beyond
his or her level of competence or training;
2. Perform only those procedures for which he
or she holds a license to perform pursuant to sections
324.520
to
324.526,
RSMo; and
3. Maintain the safe and
sanitary practice of his or her profession, taking all necessary precautions to
prevent the transfer of disease or infection from one patron to another, or
from the licensee to a patron.
(B) Licensed tattooists shall retain records
of the dyes used in their tattoos, including the lot number of each pigment
used for each patron.
(C) No
licensee shall delegate professional responsibilities to a person who is not
qualified and licensed to perform such responsibilities.
(2) Identification.
(A) Each practitioner shall carry on his or
her person proper picture identification when practicing pursuant to sections
324.520
to
324.526,
RSMo. When requested to produce identification by an authorized agent of the
division or office the licensee shall comply. A licensee's failure to produce
proper picture identification upon request of an authorized agent shall be
grounds for discipline by the division.
(3) Client Welfare.
(A) Each practitioner shall:
1. Conduct business and professional
activities with honesty and integrity;
2. Obtain a signed informed consent from each
patron prior to performing a tattooing, body piercing, and/or branding
procedures;
3. Not engage in the
practice of tattooing, body piercing, or branding on a patron with an exposed
rash, skin lesion, boil, or any situation where contraindications
exist;
4. Not engage in the
practice of tattooing, body piercing, or branding while under the influence of
alcohol or drug(s);
5. Not allow
smoking or consumption of food or alcohol in the area where a tattoo, body
piercing, or branding procedure is performed. Licensees and patrons may consume
non-alcoholic beverages during the procedure;
6. Utilize universal precautions at all times
as defined in 20 CSR 2267-1.010. This includes
hand washing before and after each procedure and refraining from exposing
clients to infectious or contagious diseases;
7. Thoroughly wash his or her hands and the
exposed portions of his or her arms with dispensed soap and tempered water
before and after each procedure and more often as necessary to keep them
clean;
8. Dry his or her hands and
arms with individual single-service towels;
9. Maintain a high degree of personal
cleanliness and conform to good hygiene practices during procedures;
10. Wear clean, washable outer
clothing;
11. Wear non-absorbent
gloves when preparing the skin and while performing each procedure. The
non-absorbent gloves shall be for single-use only and disposed of after the
completion of each procedure;
12.
If while performing a tattoo, body piercing, or body branding, the
practitioner's glove is pierced, torn, or otherwise contaminated, the
contaminated gloves shall be immediately discarded and replaced with new
gloves; and
13. If interrupted
during a procedure and the interruption requires the use of the hands, a
practitioner shall rewash his or her hands and put on new gloves before
resuming the procedure.
(4) Equipment.
(A) All surfaces, counters and general-use
equipment in the tattoo, body piercing, and branding areas shall be cleaned and
disinfected before each patron is seated.
(B) All inks and pigments shall be obtained
from reputable ink and pigment manufacturers. Information indicating the
sources of all inks and pigments shall be available to the office upon request.
Single-use containers of pigment or ink shall be used for each patron. No
pigment or ink in which needles are dipped may be used on another patron. The
remainder of unused portions shall be properly and permanently disposed of
and/or destroyed after each application.
(C) Instruments, dyes, pigments, stencils,
branding irons and other branding instruments used for tattooing, body piercing
and branding shall be sterilized and stored in a safe and sanitary manner in
order to prevent contamination.
(D)
Disposable-type razors shall be for single-use only and disposed of in an
approved manner.
(E) Tattoo
stencils shall be single-use and each stencil shall be properly discarded after
one (1) use.
(F) The use of
piercing guns shall be prohibited for anything other than ears.
(G) Body piercing needles shall be
disposable, sterile and for single-patron use only. All needles shall be placed
in an approved sharps container after each use.
(H) Body piercing jewelry purchased at the
establishment shall be cleaned, individually packaged and sterilized prior to
use. Patrons that wish to use their own jewelry for body piercing must sign a
waiver releasing the establishment from liability associated with the use of
the patron's own jewelry.
(I) Bars,
tubes, branding irons and other branding instruments shall be constructed in a
manner that permits easy cleaning and sterilizing.
(J) Branding irons and other instruments used
to brand may be reused if cleaned, sterilized and stored in an approved manner
between each patron.
(K)
Contaminated waste that may release liquid blood or bodily fluids when handled
must be placed in an approved "red" bag that is marked with the international
"biohazard" symbol. It must then be disposed of by, or delivered to, an
approved medical waste facility pursuant to all applicable laws and
regulations. Sharps ready for disposal shall be disposed of in an approved
sharps container.
(L) Contaminated
waste that does not release liquid blood or body fluids when handled may be
placed in a covered receptacle and disposed of through normal approved disposal
methods.
(M) Practitioners shall
use single-use plastic covers to cover reusable accessories such as spray
bottles to minimize the possibility of transmitting body fluids or disease
during application of a tattoo, body piercing or branding to successive
patrons.
(N) Insects, vermin and
rodents shall not be present in any part of the tattoo, body piercing and/or
branding establishments and any appurtenances or appertaining
premises.
*Original authority: 324.522, RSMo 1998, amended 1999, 2001, 2007.
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