As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise:
- 1. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of health.
- 2. "Body piercing" shall mean the piercing of any part of the body, except the ear. Such term shall not include tongue-splitting, as defined in section four hundred seventy of this chapter.
- 3. "Tattoo" shall mean a mark on the body of a person made with indelible ink or pigments injected beneath the outer layer of the skin.
- 4. "Body piercing specialist" shall mean any person who performs body piercing on the body of any other person.
- 5. "Tattooist" shall mean any person who applies a tattoo to the body of any other person.
- 6. "Body piercing studio" shall mean any premises in which the body piercing specialist conducts such practice.
- 7. "Tattoo studio" shall mean any premises in which the tattooist conducts such practice.
- 8. "Officer" shall mean the public official with primary responsibility for the enforcement of the state sanitary code within a county, or within a city with a population of one million or more persons. For purposes of this title an officer shall have the powers of a presiding officer under the state administrative procedure act within a county and shall have the powers of a presiding officer under the city administrative procedures act within a city with a population of one million or more persons.
- 9. "Department" shall mean the department of health. * 10. "Approved ink handling procedure" shall mean tattoo ink storage and use procedures that are approved and deemed protective by the department. * Effective August 14, 2016 * 11. "Single use needle" shall mean a needle that is sterile and that has never been used on another person. * Effective August 14, 2016