69-15-15

Kansas Administrative Regulation No. 69-15-15

69-15-15 Permanent color technician, tattoo artist, and body piercing technician practice standards; restrictions.

1. Licensees shall keep an individual record of each client. That record shall include the name and address of the client, the date and duration of each service, the type of service, and special instructions or notations relating to the client's medical or skin conditions, including the following:
1. Diabetes;
2. allergies;
3. cold sores and fever blisters;
4. epilepsy;
5. heart conditions;
6. hemophilia;
7. hepatitis;
8. medication that thins the blood;
9. moles or freckles at the site of service;
10. psoriasis or eczema;
11. pregnant or nursing women;
12. scarring (keloid); and
13. other medical or skin conditions.
2. Licensees may obtain advice from physicians regarding medical information needed to safeguard the client and the technician or artist.
3. Each licensee shall give pre-service information in written form to the client to advise of possible reactions, side effects, and potential complications of the tattooing process. Each licensee shall give aftercare instructions to the client, both verbally and in writing after every service.
4. Each licensee shall take photographs for corrective procedures, in relationship to tattooing or permanent cosmetics, and before and after service, for records maintained.
5. Each licensee shall purchase ink, dyes, or pigments from a reputable supplier or manufacturer. No licensee shall use products banned or restricted by the food and drug administration for use in tattooing and permanent color.
6. A licensee shall not perform tattooing or body piercing for any of these individuals:
1. A person who is inebriated or appears to be incapacitated by the use of alcohol or drugs;
2. any person who shows signs of recent intravenous drug use;
3. a person with sunburn or other skin diseases or disorders, including open lesions, rashes, wounds, or puncture marks;
4. any person with psoriasis or eczema present in the treatment area.
7. Use of the piercing gun to pierce shall be prohibited on all parts of the body, with the exception of the ear lobe.
8. Use of personal client jewelry or any apparatus or device presented by the client for use during the initial body piercing shall be prohibited. Each facility shall provide presterilized jewelry, apparatus, or devices, which shall be of metallic content recognized as compatible with piercing services.
9. No person afflicted with an infectious or communicable disease that may be transmitted during the performance of permanent color, tattoo application, or body piercing shall be permitted to work or train in a school or facility.
10. No school or facility shall require or permit a student or licensee knowingly to work upon a person suffering from any infectious or communicable disease that may be transmitted during the performance of permanent color, tattoo application, or body piercing.
11. Nothing shall prohibit the permanent color technician, tattoo artist, or body piercing technician from refusing to provide services to anyone under the age of 18.

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 74-2702a and implementing K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 65-1946 and 65-1953; effective Aug. 22, 1997.)