[R.O. 2007 §33½-1; Ord. No. 4629 §1, 10-5-1981; Ord. No. 6601 §1, 4-21-2003]
A.
No
person shall operate a tattoo shop within the corporate limits of
the City without first obtaining a permit to do so from the office
of the City Clerk. Further, no person shall operate a tattoo shop
within the corporate limits of the City without first paying all taxes,
if any, due to the City and complying with the Poplar Bluff Code of
Ordinances and all rules and regulations of the City of Poplar Bluff,
Missouri, and the Code of State Regulations.
B.
No
person shall operate a tattoo establishment, unless said person has
completed and submitted to the City Clerk a notarized application
that has been approved for licensure by the State Division of Professional
Registration.
C.
No
person shall tattoo without submitting to the City Clerk a completed
notarized application that has been approved for licensure by the
Division of Professional Registration.
[R.O. 2007 §33½-2; Ord. No. 4629 §1, 10-5-1981]
A.
Floors. The floor of any tattoo shop shall be of good construction,
easily cleanable and non-absorbent. The floor shall be kept clean
at all times.
B.
Walls And Ceilings. All walls and ceilings, including doors,
windows, skylights and similar closets, shall be kept clean and in
good repair.
C.
Lighting. All areas in which tattooing is done shall be
provided with a minimum of twenty (20) foot-candles of light power.
A minimum of ten (10) foot-candles of light power shall be provided
in all other areas.
D.
Health Facilities. Each room where tattooing is done shall
be equipped with a handwashing lavatory with hot and cold running
water under pressure. Soap and sanitary towels shall be provided at
each lavatory.
E.
Tattoo Rooms. Areas of rooms where tattooing is done shall
be separated from the rest of the building by walls and/or partitions.
The building and premises shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition
at all times and kept free from all health hazards.
[R.O. 2007 33½-3; Ord. No. 4629 §1, 10-5-1981]
A.
Generally. All instruments, such as needles and other items
of any material, which come into contact with the human skin, shall
be sterilized before use. A separate sterilized needle or instrument
shall be used for each patron. No sterile instrument shall be kept
for more than seven (7) days without resterilization. Date of sterilization
shall be written on the package containing sterile instruments in
permanent ink or print.
B.
Method Of Sterilization. All instruments which come into
contact with the human skin shall be sterilized by the following method:
Sterilization shall be caused by steam under pressure at a temperature
not less than two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (250°F) and
fifteen (15) pounds per square inch for thirty (30) minutes or any
other method approved by State and City health authorities.
C.
Needles. Needles may be of the reusable or disposable type.
Any reusable needles shall be soaked in a germicidal solution prior
to sterilization in the autoclave. Disposable needles shall be discarded
after one (1) use by breaking or otherwise totally destroying said
reusable needles.
[R.O. 2007 §33½-4; Ord. No. 4629 §1, 10-5-1981]
A.
General Requirements. All ink used in tattooing shall be
sterile and of a type recommended for tattooing.
B.
Containers. Ink shall be in individual containers and not
reused from one patient to another. No large containers of ink or
color materials shall be used. Instead small, color capsules shall
be used to preclude or mitigate against the possibility of contamination
of sterile items.
[R.O. 2007 §33½-5; Ord. No. 4629 §1, 10-5-1981]
A.
Preparation. The area to be tattooed shall be clean shaven.
The area shall then be washed with an antibacterial cleanser, such
as surgical soap or an equivalent substance. The area shall then be
treated with a disinfectant solution, such as seventy percent (70%)
isopropyl or alcohol.
B.
After Tattooing. After the tattooing process is completed,
the area shall be covered with a sterile bandage or gauze.
[R.O. 2007 §33½-6; Ord. No. 4629 §1, 10-5-1981]
A.
Disease. No person, while affected with any disease in a
communicable form or while a carrier of any communicable disease or
while affected with boils, infected wounds, sores or respiratory infections,
shall engage in tattooing.
B.
Cleanliness. All persons engaged in tattooing shall maintain
a high degree of personal cleanliness while on duty. Each person shall
wash their hands before starting tattooing and after each tattooing
process is completed.
[R.O. 2007 §33½-7; Ord. No. 4629 §1, 10-5-1981]
The City shall cause the inspection of all tattooing shops to
be made at least once every three (3) months.
[R.O. 2007 §33½-8; Ord. No. 4629 §1, 10-5-1981]
If, at any time, the City advises the operator of a tattooing
shop that said operator is in violation of the health and sanitary
provisions provided for herein, the City shall immediately suspend
said operator's license until such time as the operator is offered
an opportunity to respond to the City's finding. Such opportunity
to respond must be granted within five (5) days of the date of suspension.
Said opportunity to respond may be before the office of City Manager
or the City Council, as the City Manager shall determine. Said operator
may be represented at said opportunity to respond by a representative,
in person or both.
[R.O. 2007 §33½-9; Ord. No. 4629 §1, 10-5-1981; Ord. No. 6246 §1, 3-6-2000]
[R.O. 2007 §33½-10; Ord. No.
4629 §1, 10-5-1981]
Each operator of a tattoo shop must advise each patron, in writing,
of the permanent nature of the tattoo and all possible adverse side
effects of the tattooing process. Said written advice shall be signed
by the patron and retained by the operator for a period of three (3)
years.
[R.O. 2007 §33½-11; Ord. No.
4629 §1, 10-5-1981]
No person shall participate in the tattooing process, in any
fashion whatsoever, without first having been examined by a licensed
medical physician within six (6) months of the day the tattooing process
is to take place. A certificate of medical examination shall be prominently
displayed in the area in which the tattooing process takes place.
[R.O. 2007 §33½-12; Ord. No.
4629 §1, 10-5-1981]
The office of the City Clerk is hereby directed to provide all
forms and permits identified in this Chapter. The office of the City
Manager is hereby directed to provide all regulations and requirements
necessary to implement the provisions of this Chapter.
