Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 331 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, HEALTH LICENSING OFFICE
Division 900 - BODY PIERCING
Section 331-900-0100 - Standard Body Piercing Practice Standards and Prohibitions
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 331-900-0100
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024
(1) Piercing is prohibited:
(a) On a person younger than 18
years of age unless the requirements of OAR
331-900-0130 are met.
(b) On the genital or
nipple of a person younger than 18 years of age regardless of parental
consent.
(c) On a person's testes,
deep shaft (corpus cavernosa), uvula, eyelids and sub-clavicle; horizontal
tongue piercings also are prohibited;
(d) On a person who shows signs of being
inebriated or appears to be incapacitated by the use of alcohol or drugs;
and
(e) On a person with sunburn or
other skin diseases or disorders of the skin such as open lesions, rashes,
wounds, puncture marks in areas of treatment.
(2) A standard body piercing licensee is prohibited from using an earlobe piercing gun unless a license for earlobe piercing is obtained.
(3) The Office adopts the Association of Professional Piercers 2013 Procedure Manual by reference which must be used by licensees as a standard of care for body piercing best practices. The procedure manual can be located at http://www.safepiercing.org/publications/procedure-manual/ [File Link Not Available]
Statutory/Other Authority: 676.615 & 690.390
Statutes/Other Implemented: 690.390
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