West Virginia Code: Chapter 16, Article 38 - Tattoo Studio Business
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Topic: Tattoo
Sort Desciption: All existing tattoo studios on the effective date of the administrative ... tattoo studio workroom as defined in subsection (b), section four of this ...
Content Inside: ARTICLE 38. TATTOO STUDIO BUSINESS. §16-38-1. Definitions. (a) "Adequate ventilation" means a free and unrestricted circulation of fresh air throughout the tattoo studio and the expulsion of foul or stagnant air. (b) "Minor" means any person under the age of eighteen years. (c) "Tattoo" means to mark or color the skin by pricking in coloring matter so as to form indelible marks or figures or by the production of scars. (d) "Tattoo studio" means any room or space where tattooing is practiced or where the business of tattooing or any part thereof is conducted. (e) "Antibacterial solution" means any solution used to retard the growth of bacteria approved for application to human skin and includes all products so labeled. (f) "Germicidal solution" means any solution which destroys germs and is so labeled. (g) "Sterilization" means holding in an autoclave for twenty-five minutes at fifteen pounds pressure at a temperature of two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit or one hundred twenty-one degrees Celsius. §16-38-2. Studio sanitation. (a) The tattoo artists hands shall be washed and then air blown or dried by single-use towel prior to beginning work on each person or when interrupted in the process of working on a person. In addition, disposable latex examination gloves shall be worn by the tattoo artist during the tattooing process. The gloves shall be changed and properly disposed of each time there is an interruption in the application of the tattoo, each time the gloves become torn or punctured or whenever the ability of the gloves to function as a barrier is compromised. (b) Cabinets for the storage of instruments, dyes, pigments, single-use articles, carbon, stencils and other utensils shall be provided for each operator and shall be maintained in a sanitary manner. (c) Bulk single use articles shall be commercially packaged and handled in such a way as to protect them from cont ...
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