The title of this chapter shall be known and
may be cited as the "Tattoo Parlor Ordinance."
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BODY ART
The practice of physical body adornment by permitted establishments
and operations utilizing, but not limited to, the following techniques:
body-piercing tattooing, cosmetic tattooing, branding and scarification,
and the placement of pigments, trimming or filing of the nails.
BODY PIERCING
The process of penetrating the skin or mucous membrane for
the purpose of insertion of any object, including but not limited
to jewelry for cosmetic purposes. The term also includes the production
of scars upon the body.
BODY-PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT
Any room or space where body piercing is practiced or where
the business of body piercing is conducted or any part thereof.
DEPARTMENT
The Code Enforcement Officer and/or Police Department of
the Borough of Old Forge, the Director of the said Department, or
any authorized representative thereof.
DISINFECTION
The destruction of all vegetative forms of pathogenic agents
by chemical or physical means.
EQUIPMENT
All machinery, including fixtures, containers, vessels, tools,
implements, furniture, display and storage areas, sinks, and other
apparatus used in connection with the operation of any establishment.
ESTABLISHMENT
Any place or premises, whether public or private, where any
person conducts any enterprise, occupation, vocation or business,
whether or not for profit and whether temporarily or permanently located.
FACILITY MANAGER
Any person who controls, operates, conducts or manages any
tattooing or body-piercing establishment, whether actually performing
tattooing or body piercing or not.
HOT WATER
Water which is a temperature of not less than 110° F.
nor greater than 125° F.
INFECTION
The entry and multiplication of any pathogen in the body
of a human or animal.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
A disease of humans or animals resulting from a transmissible
infection, whether or not patent, apparent, unapparent, latent, clinical
or subclinical.
INFECTIOUS WASTE
Waste generated in the treatment or service of a human which
falls under one or more of the following categories:
A.
Pathological wastes: human pathological wastes, including tissues
that are removed during medical procedures. The term does not include
hair or extracted teeth.
B.
Human blood and body fluid waste, including liquid waste, human
blood, blood products, items contaminated with blood or dried human
blood.
C.
Used sharps: needles, scalpel blades, suture needles, broken
or unbroken glass or plastic ware, disposable razors, scalpel blades,
or other sharp objects that have cut or pierced the skin or have been
in contact with infectious agents.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste and
other material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous
material, resulting from operation of residential, municipal, commercial
or institutional establishments and from community activities.
SANITIZATION
The reduction of the population of microorganisms to safe
levels as determined by public health officials.
STERILIZATION
Process of destruction of all forms of life by physical or
chemical means.
TATTOO
The indelible mark, figure or decorative design introduced
by insertion of nontoxic dyes or pigments into or under the subcutaneous
portion of the skin of a human being.
TATTOO ESTABLISHMENT
Any room or space where tattooing is practiced or where the
business of tattooing is conducted or any part thereof.
TATTOOING
The process by which the skin is marked or colored by insertion
of nontoxic dyes or pigments into or under the subcutaneous portion
of the skin so as to form indelible marks for cosmetic, medical or
figurative purposes.
TEMPORARY TATTOO/BODY-PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT
A tattoo/body-piercing establishment that operates at a fixed
location for a period of time of not more than seven consecutive days
in conjunction with a single event or celebration.
Any person who shall violate a provision of
this chapter or who shall fail to comply with any of the requirements
contained herein shall, upon conviction thereof before the appropriate
Magisterial District Judge of the Borough of Old Forge, be punishable
by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and,
in default of payment of such fine and costs, by imprisonment for
not more than 30 days.