New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 36 - BODY ART PRACTITIONERS, BOARD OF
Part 1 - BODY ARTISTS AND OPERATORS - GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Section 16.36.1.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
As used in these regulations, the following words and phrases have the following meanings, unless the context or intent clearly indicates a different meaning.
A. "Aftercare" means written instructions given to the client, specific to the body piercing or tattooing procedure(s) rendered, on caring for the body piercing or tattoo and surrounding area.
B. "Antiseptic" means an agent that destroys disease-causing microorganisms on human skin or mucosa.
C. "Apprentice" means a person who works under the direct supervision of a licensed apprentice sponsor to learn a trade from someone who is already skilled at a job.
D. "Apprentice Sponsor" means a person who is an actively licensed, skilled professional in a profession, art, craft or trade for a minimum of five years and is someone who accepts responsibility to teach an apprentice one on one.
E. "Aseptic" means the state of being free from the living disease, fermentation, or putrefaction.
F. "Autoclave" means a piece of medical equipment that employs the steam under pressure method of sterilization.
G. "Board" means the board of body art practitioners.
H. "Body art" means tattooing, body piercing, scarification, or permanent cosmetics but does not include practices that are considered medical procedures by the New Mexico medical board.
I. "Body art establishment" means a fixed or mobile place where body art is administered on the premises.
J. "Body artist" means a person who administers body piercing, tattooing, scarification, or permanent cosmetics.
K. "Body piercing" means to cut, stab or penetrate the skin to create a permanent hole or opening.
L. "Client" means an individual receiving any body art procedure(s).
M. "Completed procedure" means, for the purposes of determining qualification for licensure, a tattoo, body piercing, scarification or permanent cosmetics that has been finished, including any touchups or additional work following initial healing, with the client released from service.
N. "Direct Supervision" means the process under which an act is performed by another person with a licensed body artist or permanent makeup cosmetics professional practitioner licensed pursuant to the Body Art Safe Practices Act:
O. "Disqualifying Criminal Conviction" has the same meaning as defined in Subsection E of Section 61-1-36 NMSA 1978.
P. "Equipment" means machinery used in connection with the operation of a body art establishment, including fixtures, containers, vessels, tools, devices, implements, furniture, display and storage areas, sinks and other apparatuses and appurtenances.
Q. "Guest License" means a person temporary authorized to administer tattooing, body piercing-scarification, or permanent cosmetics for a period of 30 days from date license issued.
R. "Instruments used for body art" means hand pieces, needles, needle bars and other items that may come into contact with a person's body during the administration of body art.
S. "Jurisprudence Examination" means the examination given regarding the laws, rules and regulations, which relate to the practice of body art in the state of New Mexico.
T. "License" has the same meaning as defined in Paragraph (1) of Subsection F of Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978.
U. "Licensing fee" has the same meaning as defined in Paragraph (2) of Subsection F of Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978.
V. "Military service member" has the same meaning as defined in Paragraph (3) of Subsection F of Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978.
W. "Operator" means the owner of a body art establishment.
X. "Permanent Cosmetics Practitioner" means a person who uses tattoo techniques of placing pigment under the skin for cosmetic purposes to restore or enhance a person's appearance, with any manual device or machine used for tattooing.
Y. "SDS" means safety data sheet(s) used to communicate the hazards of hazardous chemical products which may be found in a body art establishment.
Z. "Sharps" means any sterilized object that is used for the purpose of penetrating the skin or mucosa, including needles, scalpel blades and razor blades.
AA. "Single use" means products or items that are intended for one-time, one-person use and are disposed of after use on each client, including cotton swabs or balls, tissues or paper products, paper or plastic cups, gauze and sanitary coverings, razors, piercing needles, scalpel blades, stencils, ink cups and protective gloves.
BB. "Special Event" means an event where procedures will be performed and will not be conducted at a licensed establishment.
CC. "Sterilization" means destruction of all forms of macrobiotic life, including spores.
DD. "Substantially Equivalent" means the determination by the board that the education, examination, and experience requirements contained in the statutes and rules of another jurisdiction are comparable to, or exceed the education, examination, and experience requirements of the Body Art Safe Practice Act.
EE. "Supervising Licensee" means licensed practitioner who manages the licensed body art establishment. This may or may not be the operator.
FF. "Veteran" has the same meaning as defined in Paragraph (4) of Subsection F of Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978.
