Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 331 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, HEALTH LICENSING OFFICE
Division 905 - SPECIALITY BODY PIERCING
Section 331-905-0090 - Specialty Body Piercing Practice Standards and Prohibitions
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 331-905-0090
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Piercing is prohibited:
(a) On the genital or nipple of a
person younger than 18 regardless of parental consent;
(b) On testes, deep shaft (corpus cavernosa),
uvula, eyelids, and sub-clavicle; horizontal tongue piercings also are
prohibited;
(c) On a person who
shows signs of being inebriated or appears to be incapacitated by the use of
alcohol or drugs;
(d) On a person
with sunburn or other skin diseases or disorders of the skin such as open
lesions, rashes, wounds, or puncture marks in areas of treatment
(2) A specialty 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 & 690.405
Statutes/Other Implemented: 690.390 & 690.405
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