As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
- “Antibacterial solution” means any solution used to retard the growth of bacteria approved for application to human skin and includes all products so labeled;
- “Client” means any person desiring to receive a tattoo;
- “Commissioner” means the commissioner of health;
- “Department” means the department of health;
- “Disinfectant” means a solution intended to destroy or inactivate specific viruses, bacteria or fungi on inanimate surfaces;
- “Germicidal solution” means any solution that destroys germs and is so labeled;
- “License” means the issuance of a license to perform tattooing to any individual, partnership, firm or corporation;
- “Permit” means the issuance of a permit to a tattoo studio or establishment;
- “Registration” means license or permit, as applicable;
- “Sanitary” means clean and free of agents of infection;
- “Single use” means an item is used one (1) time on one (1) client and then is properly disposed of by appropriate measures;
- “Sterilization” means holding in an autoclave for fifteen (15) minutes, at fifteen pounds (15 lbs.) pressure and at a temperature of two hundred fifty degrees fahrenheit (250°F) or one hundred twenty-one degrees celsius (121°C);
- “Tattoo” means any method of placing designs, letters, figures, symbols, cosmetics or any other marks under the skin of a person with ink or color by the aid of needles or instruments;
- “Tattoo artist” means any person, regardless of age, who engages in the practice/service of tattooing regardless of the type of tattoo or area to be tattooed;
- “Tattoo artist registration” means the issuance of a state license authorizing the person named therein to engage in the practice/service of tattooing in this state after fulfilling the requirements in this part;
- “Tattoo operator” means any person who controls, operates, conducts or manages any tattoo studio, whether actually engaging in tattooing or not;
- “Tattoo studio” means any room or space where tattooing is practiced or where the service of tattooing is conducted;
- “Tattoo studio certificate” means the issuance of a written permit, issued by the local county health department, to a tattoo studio stating that the studio, after inspection, was found to be in compliance with this part; and
- “Universal precautions” means that all blood and body fluids are treated as to contain all bloodborne pathogens and taking proper precautions to prevent the spread of any bloodborne pathogens.