Authority: IC 16-19-3-4

Affected: IC 16-19-3

Sec. 36. (a) No tattooing or body piercing shall be conducted in any room used as living quarters or in any room that opens directly into living or sleeping quarters.

(b) Live animals shall be excluded from areas where tattooing or body piercing is being conducted. This exclusion does not apply to the following:

1. (1) Patrol dogs accompanying security or police officers.

2. (2) Guide dogs accompanying the following:

   1. (A) Blind persons.
   2. (B) Partially blind persons.
   3. (C) Physically disabled persons.
   4. (D) Guide dog trainers.
   5. (E) Persons with impaired hearing.

(c) Eating, drinking, smoking, applying cosmetics, or handling contact lenses shall not be allowed in work areas where there is a likelihood of exposure to blood or OPIM.

(d) Food and drink shall not be kept in areas where there is a reasonably anticipated risk of exposure to blood or OPIM.

(e) All equipment and environmental surfaces shall be cleaned and disinfected after contact with blood or OPIM.

(f) Environmental surfaces and equipment not requiring sterilization that have been contaminated by blood shall be cleaned and disinfected.

(g) All work surfaces shall be:

1. (1) nonabsorbent;
2. (2) easily cleanable;
3. (3) smooth; and

4. (4) free of:

   1. (A) breaks;
   2. (B) open seams;
   3. (C) cracks;
   4. (D) chips;
   5. (E) pits; and
   6. (F) similar imperfections.

(h) Disinfectant solutions shall be:

1. (1) a hospital grade, tuberculocidal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered disinfectant; or
2. (2) sodium hypochlorite, five-tenths percent (0.5%) concentration, by volume (common household bleach in ten percent (10%) concentration in water); the solution shall be dated and shall not be used if it is more than twenty-four (24) hours old.

(Indiana Department of Health; 410 IAC 1-5-36; filed May 12, 1998, 10:00 a.m.: 21 IR 3821; errata filed Aug 31, 1998, 1:08 p.m.: 22 IR 127; filed Jun 30, 2000, 4:10 p.m.: 23 IR 2713; readopted filed Jul 21, 2004, 5:00 p.m.: 27 IR 4140; readopted filed Jul 15, 2010, 12:12 p.m.: 20100728-IR-410100261RFA; readopted filed Nov 10, 2016, 8:45 a.m.: 20161207-IR-410160371RFA; readopted filed Sep 15, 2022, 10:01 a.m.: 20221012-IR-410220206RFA)