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Texas Health & Safety Code - Chapter 146 Tattoo And Certain Body Piercing StudiosLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Health & Safety Code > Texas Health & Safety Code - Chapter 146 Tattoo And Certain Body Piercing Studios In this chapter: (1) "Body piercing" means the creation of an opening in an individual's body, other than in an individual's earlobe, to insert jewelry ... (a) A person may not conduct, operate, or maintain a tattoo studio unless the person holds a license issued by the department to operate the ... A tattoo studio or a body piercing studio may not employ a tattooist or a body piercer unless the person is registered with the department ... (a) This chapter does not apply to: (1) a medical facility licensed under other law; (2) an office or clinic of a person licensed by ... (a) To receive a tattoo studio license, body piercing studio license, or temporary location license, a person must submit a signed, verified license application to ... (a) A tattoo studio or body piercing studio license is valid for one year from the date of issuance. A temporary tattooing or body piercing ... (a) The department may refuse to issue an original or renewal tattoo studio or body piercing studio license if it has reasonable grounds to believe ... (a) In Subsection (b), "license holder" includes each member of a partnership or association and, with respect to a corporation, each officer and the owner ... (a) The board shall set license and registration fees and license and registration renewal fees in amounts necessary to administer this chapter. (b) Fees collected ... (a) A person holding a tattoo studio or body piercing studio license under this chapter who intends to change the location of the tattoo or ... (a) A person who owns, operates, or maintains a tattoo or body piercing studio or practices tattooing or body piercing at a temporary location shall ... A person who owns, operates, or maintains a tattoo or body piercing studio and each tattooist or person who performs body piercing who works in ... A tattoo or body piercing studio must be in a permanent, nondwelling building located in an area in which the location is permissible under local ... (a) The board by rule shall establish sanitation requirements for tattoo and body piercing studios and any other necessary requirements relating to the building or ... (a) A tattooist or person who performs body piercing shall use tools and equipment for tattooing or body piercing that have been properly sterilized and ... (a) A tattooist may not tattoo: (1) except as provided by Subsection (a-1), a person younger than 18 years of age; or (2) a person ... A person may not perform body piercing if the person suspects that the individual on whom the body piercing is to be performed is under ... (a) A person may not perform body piercing on an individual younger than 18 years of age without the consent of a parent, managing conservator, ... (a) For purposes of this section, "tongue splitting" means cutting a human tongue into two or more parts. (b) A person may not perform tongue ... (a) A tattooist shall maintain a permanent record of each person tattooed by the tattooist for a period established by the board. A person who ... A person who owns, operates, or maintains a tattoo or body piercing studio shall report to the department any infection resulting from tattooing or body ... (a) The board shall adopt rules to implement this chapter. (b) The department shall enforce this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter and ... (a) The department shall inspect a tattoo or body piercing studio to determine if the studio complies with this chapter and the rules adopted under ... (a) The department may refuse to issue a license or suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if an applicant or license holder ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter. (b) An offense under this section ... (a) The commissioner may impose an administrative penalty against a person who violates a rule adopted under Section 146.007 or an order adopted or license ... (a) If it appears that a person has violated or is violating this chapter or an order issued or a rule adopted under this chapter, ... (a) The commissioner may, with or without notice or hearing, issue an emergency order relating to regulation under this chapter of a tattooist or body ... (a) A person may not perform tattooing or body piercing at a tattoo studio or a body piercing studio unless the person holds a registration ... To receive a tattooist or body piercer registration, the person must submit: (1) a signed registration application to the department on a form prescribed by ... (a) A tattooist or body piercer registration is valid for one year from the date of issuance. (b) A tattooist or body piercer registration may ... (a) The department shall prepare or approve a course of instruction sufficient to meet the requirements for application for a registration under Section 146.023 or ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |