Bill Text: AZ SB1374 | 2016 | Fifty-second Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Body art establishments; minimum standards
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-01 - Referred to Senate HHS Committee [SB1374 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2016-SB1374-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: body art establishments; minimum standards |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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SB 1374 |
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Introduced by Senator Lesko
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AN ACT
Amending title 36, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36‑145; relating to the public health.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-145, to read:
36-145. Body art establishments; minimum standards; local public health departments; definitions
A. The department of health services shall coordinate with local public health departments to establish minimum standards regarding the following relating to body art establishments and body art establishment operators:
1. Proper disposal of equipment.
2. Sterilization of equipment and surface areas.
3. Bloodborne pathogen training requirements as provided by the occupational safety and health administration, including:
(a) Training on exposure control and infection prevention in the body art setting as approved by the department of health services.
(b) Training materials specific to performing body art that include a copy of the occupational safety and health administration bloodborne pathogen standard (29 Code of Federal Regulations section 1910.1030) and a copy and explanation of applicable county, city or town ordinances that pertain to bloodborne pathogen transmission control in body art.
(c) Information on signage required for biohazardous materials and the importance of properly labeling chemicals and supplies.
B. County standards for body art establishments shall be at least as stringent as those prescribed by the department pursuant to subsection A of this section.
C. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Body art":
(a) Means the practice of physical body adornment by tattooing, cosmetic tattooing, permanent skin coloring, branding or scarification.
(b) Does not include practices that are considered to be medical procedures by a state medical board, practices that are noninvasive forms of painting through the use of dyes or inks or practices considered by the board of cosmetology to be aesthetics, cosmetology or nail technology.
2. "Body art establishment" means any place where body art is performed, whether or not for profit, and that is under the direction of a body art establishment operator.
3. "Body art establishment operator" means a person who controls, operates, manages or practices body art activities at a body art establishment.
4. "Local public health department" means a local health department established pursuant to article 4 of this chapter or a county environmental department.
5. "Tattooing" means any method of placing ink or other pigment into or under the skin or mucosa to permanently color the skin or mucosa by using needles or any other instrument to puncture the skin. Tattooing includes all forms of cosmetic tattooing and permanent skin coloring such as eyeliner, eyebrows, lip liner, full lip color, repigmentation or camouflage.
