This chapter is being enacted in order to regulate the practice
of body piercing within the Borough of North Arlington so as to ensure
the public safety and health against illness and injury.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BODY PIERCING
Piercing of the skin for the express intention of insertion
of any object, including, but not limited to, jewelry; provided, however,
that the piercing of the lobes of the ears shall be specifically excluded
from the purview of this chapter.
Licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall
be good only for the period of issuance and shall be effective only
from the date of issue each year. No license will be issued for a
subsequent year without again complying with the provisions of this
chapter.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to affect the
practice of medicine or any other recognized profession or occupation
by a person duly licensed by the State of New Jersey to engage in
such practice, profession or occupation and whose license would lawfully
authorize the piercing of the body.