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Title 26: Professions and Occupations Chapter 79: TATTOOISTS AND BODY PIERCERS § 4101. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) "Director" means the director of the office of professional regulation. (2) "Disciplinary action" includes any action taken by an administrative law officer against a registered tattooist or applicant premised on a finding of unprofessional conduct. Disciplinary action includes all appropriate remedies, including denial of an application for or renewal of a registration, suspension or revocation of a registration, limiting or conditioning of a registration, issuing reprimands or warnings, and adopting consent orders. (3) "Operator" means any person who practices tattooing or body piercing. (4) "Practice of body piercing" means the piercing of any part of the body by someone other than a licensed physician who utilizes a needle or other instrument for the purpose of inserting an object into the body for nonmedical purposes. Body piercing includes ear piercing, except when performed on the lower lobe of the ear: (A) with an instrument approved by the director, by rule; (B) by the individual on himself or herself; (C) by a parent or guardian when the subject of the piercing is a minor; or (D) by a household member when the subject of the piercing is an adult. (5) "Practice of tattooing" or "practice tattooing" means to place a permanent mark, design, or coloration of a human being by a process of pricking or ingraining an indelible pigment on the skin. (6) "Special panel" means a panel established pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 129(j). (7) "Shop" means a facility regularly used to offer or perform the practice of tattooing or body piercing. (Added 1995, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1997, No. 40, § 49(a); 1999, No. 52, § 38; 2001, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. June 13, 2002.) § 4102. Prohibitions (a) No person shall practice tattooing or body piercing unless that person is registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (b) No person under the age of 18 may practice tattooing or body piercing. (c) A tattooist shall not tattoo a minor without the written consent of the parent or guardian of the minor. (d) A person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 for each occurrence. (Added 1995, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2001, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. June 13, 2002.) § 4103. Director; function; commissioner of health; rules (a) The director shall administer the requirements of this chapter and shall: (1) Provide general information to applicants for registration as an operator. (2) Collect fees as provided under this chapter. (3) Explain appeal procedures to registered operators and applicants and complaint procedures to the public. (4) Receive applications for registration, register applicants pursuant to this chapter, renew registrations, and revoke, reinstate, or condition registrations as ordered by an administrative law officer. (5) Refer all disciplinary matters to an administrative law officer. (b) The director, after consultation with the commissioner of health, shall adopt rules relating to infection control procedures and public health practices to be followed in the practice of tattooing and body piercing in order to protect the public from communicable diseases. The commissioner shall also recommend standards of sanitation and sterilization for shops, including standards relating to separate areas and equipment for tattooing and body piercing and recommendations on the use of ear-piercing guns. (c) The director may adopt rules necessary to perform his or her duties under subsection (a) of this section. (d) The director may inspect shops used for the practice of tattooing or body piercing. No fee shall be charged for initial inspections under this subsection; however, if the director determines that it is necessary to inspect the same premises under the same ownership more than once in any two-year period, a reinspection fee of $100.00 may be charged. The director may waive all or a part of the reinspection fee in accordance with criteria established by rule. (Added 1995, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1997, No. 40, § 49(a); 1999, No. 52, § 39; 2001, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. June 13, 2002.) § 4104. Advisory appointees (a) The secretary of state shall appoint a professional in the field of public health and medicine, from a list of persons provided by the commissioner of health, a registered operator who has been practicing tattooing and body piercing for at least the three years immediately preceding appointment and who shall actively be engaged in the practice of tattooing and body piercing in Vermont during incumbency, and a member of the public. The appointees shall be appointed for staggered terms of three years to serve as advisors in matters relating to tattooing and body piercing. (b) The director shall seek the advice of the advisor appointees in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The advisor appointees shall be entitled to compensation and necessary expenses as provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1010 for attendance at any meeting called by the director for that purpose. (Added 1995, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2001, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. June 13, 2002.) § 4105. Registration; apprenticeship requirements (a) A person who intends to engage in the practice of tattooing or body piercing in this state shall register with the office of professional regulation and shall pay the required fee. Registration shall be in the form required by the director and shall include such information as the director may require concerning the location of the registrant's practice, the registrant's qualification, and the nature of the services offered. (b) As a prerequisite to registration, a tattooist or body piercer applicant shall provide proof of an apprenticeship of at least 1,000 hours of experience obtained within one calendar year working under the direction and supervision of a body piercer or tattooist registered and in good standing with this state or the state in which he or she is regulated, and who has been in practice a minimum of three years. Such proof may be in the form of a sworn affidavit from the supervising tattooist or body piercer, including information as the director may reasonably require on forms provided by the director. Apprenticeships shall include successful completion of a three-hour course in universal precautions and infectious diseases. Apprentices shall contact the office for the appropriate forms prior to beginning the apprenticeship. (c) No shop shall operate in this state without first registering with the office of professional regulation and paying a fee of $100.00. Registration shall be in the form required by the director. (1) No shop shall be granted registration unless the shop complies with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter. (2) All shops shall have a designated registrant responsible for overall cleanliness and sanitation of the shop. (3) The practice of tattooing or body piercing shall be permitted only in registered shops. (Added 1995, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1999, No. 52, § 40; 2001, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. June 13, 2002; 2003, No. 60, § 21.) § 4106. Renewals (a) Registrations shall be renewed every two years upon payment of the required fee. (b) Biennially, the director shall forward a renewal form to each registered operator. Upon receipt of the completed form and the renewal fee, the director shall issue a registration. (Added 1995, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2001, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. June 13, 2002.) § 4107. Repealed. 1997, No. 59, § 65(12), eff. June 30, 1997. § 4108. Unprofessional conduct (a) A registered operator or applicant shall not engage in unprofessional conduct. (b) Unprofessional conduct means the following conduct and conduct set forth in section 129a of Title 3: (1) Using dishonest or misleading advertising. (2) Addiction to narcotics, habitual drunkenness, or rendering professional services to a client if the operator is intoxicated or under the influence of drugs. (3) Sexual harassment of a client. (4) Tattooing or body piercing a minor in violation of the provisions of section 4102 of this title. (c) After hearing and upon a finding of unprofessional conduct, an administrative law officer may take disciplinary action against a registered tattooist or applicant. (Added 1995, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1997, No. 40, § 49(a); 1997, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 62; 2001, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. June 13, 2002.) § 4109. Disclosure information The director shall adopt rules requiring registered operators to disclose to each new client before the first treatment, the operator's professional qualifications and experience, the infection control procedures and public health practices to be followed to protect the public from communicable diseases, the actions that constitute unprofessional conduct, the method for filing a complaint or making a consumer inquiry, and provisions relating to the manner in which the information shall be displayed and signed by both the operator and the client. (Added 1995, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2001, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. June 13, 2002.)
Source: Vermont Secretary of State, Office of Professional Regulation |
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