California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Health and Safety Code - HSC |
Division 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH |
Part 15. MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS |
Chapter 7. Body Art |
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions |
Section 119300.
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(a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Safe Body Art Act.
(b) The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum statewide standards for the regulation of persons engaged in the business of tattooing, body piercing, and the application of permanent cosmetics in California. These requirements are intended to protect both the practitioner and the client from transmission of infectious diseases through the application of proper body art procedures and the control of cross-contamination of instruments and supplies.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 638.)