A.
All surfaces in a workstation which come in contact with a client
or which become contaminated or which may reasonably have become contaminated
shall be cleaned with water and soap or other appropriate cleaning
compound immediately following the conduct of body art upon a client.
B.
The workstation, including but not limited to the client's chair,
table, tray, procedure surface and similar surfaces, shall be thoroughly
sanitized with an approved disinfectant immediately before and immediately
after the conduct of body art upon a client therein/thereon.
A.
A body art practitioner shall clean his/her hands and forearms thoroughly
by washing with antibacterial soap and warm water and promptly dry
the same with single-use paper towels or like material prior to conducting
any body art activity.
B.
A body art practitioner shall wear new, clean, single-use examination
gloves while assembling all instruments and other supplies intended
for use in the conduct of body art and during the conduct of body
art upon a client. New, clean, single-use nonlatex examination gloves
shall be used during the preparation for and the conduct of any body
art activity upon a client with a known or a suspected latex allergy.
C.
If an examination glove is pierced, torn or contaminated through
contact with any part of the client not subject to the conduct of
body art or such other surface so as to present the possibility of
contamination, any person other than the client, or otherwise exposed
to an unsanitary or nonsterile surface, both gloves must be promptly
removed and discarded into an appropriate waste receptacle. The body
art practitioner shall don new gloves before proceeding with the conduct
of body art.
D.
If the gloves of a body art practitioner are removed at any time
during assembly of instruments or supplies, or the conduct of body
art, the body art practitioner must clean his/her hands and don new
gloves in accordance with this section.
E.
The use of single-use examination gloves does not preclude or substitute
for the above hand washing requirement.
A.
Every body art practitioner shall use linens, properly cleaned in
accordance with these regulations, or new single-use drapes, lap cloths,
and aprons for each element of body art conducted upon a client.
B.
Every substance used in the conduct of body art shall be dispensed
from containers so as to prevent contamination or the possibility
of contamination of the unused portion. Immediately before tattooing
a client, a sufficient quantity of the ink, dye or pigment to be used
therefor shall be transferred from its original bottle or container
into sterile, single-use disposable cups, caps or containers.
C.
Upon sanitization of the workstation, the instrument tray shall be
covered with an uncontaminated single-use paper towel, tray cover
or similar material.
D.
Every instrument required for the conduct of body art upon a client
shall be placed and arranged on the instrument tray in a manner so
as to prevent contamination of sterilized instruments. All sterilized
instruments shall remain in sterile packages until opened in front
of the client.
E.
Sharps containers shall be easily accessible to the body art practitioner
and located as close as is feasible to the immediate area where the
sharps will be used.
A.
The conduct of body art shall occur only upon a client or minor client
in a workstation under sterile conditions.
B.
Only the client, the parent or legal guardian of a minor client,
the guide or service animal of a client, the body art practitioner
conducting the body art and an assistant or apprentice to the body
art practitioner, with the express permission of the client, shall
be permitted in the workstation during the conduct of body art.
A.
All instruments used in the conduct of body art shall be without
contamination and shall be properly cleaned, sanitized and sterilized
in accordance with this chapter.
B.
All instruments and other equipment or supplies used in the conduct
of body art that are designed or intended for single use shall only
be used once.
C.
All sharps shall be properly disposed of immediately following use
in a sharps container.
D.
All product applied to the skin, including body art stencils, shall
be single use and shall be used only once.
E.
Products used in the application of body art stencils shall be dispensed
and applied to the area of the client upon which the body art activity
is to be performed with sterile gauze or other sterile applicator
so as to prevent contamination of the container and contents of the
product in use. The gauze or other applicator shall be used only once.
F.
Only single-use disposable razors shall be used in the conduct of
body art activities, and such single-use disposable razors shall not
be used more than one time.
Disposable items such as gloves, wipes, cotton balls, Q-tips,
water cups, rinse cups (used alone or in an ultrasonic cleaning unit),
drapes, lap cloths, aprons and other single-use items that have come
into contact with any person, client, workstation, instrument trays,
counters, towels or linens used for the conduct of body art, or have
otherwise become contaminated, shall be promptly discarded during
or upon completion of the conduct of body art into an appropriate
waste receptacle in accordance with this chapter.
The following shall be deemed to be multiple body art activities
on a single client, each requiring proper washing, cleaning, sanitization
and sterilization of instruments, workstations and other equipment
and areas as set forth under these regulations:
