Texas Health And Safety Code Title 2, Chapter 146 - Tattoo And Certain Body Piercing Studios
- Texas Section 146.001 - Definitions
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...
- Texas Section 146.002 - License Required
(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...
- Texas Section 146.0021 - Employment Of Tattooists And Body Piercers; Registration Required
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...
- Texas Section 146.0025 - Exemptions From Licensing Requirements; Ear Piercing Establishments Exempt
(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...
- Texas Section 146.003 - License Application
(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...
- Texas Section 146.004 - License Term; Renewal
(a) A tattoo studio or body piercing studio license is valid for two years from the date of issuance. A temporary tattooing or body piercing...
- Texas Section 146.0041 - General Grounds For Refusal
(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...
- Texas Section 146.0042 - Revocation Or Suspension Of License
(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...
- Texas Section 146.005 - Fees
The executive commissioner by rule shall set license and registration fees and license and registration renewal fees in amounts necessary for the department to administer...
- Texas Section 146.006 - Change Of Location
(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...
- Texas Section 146.007 - Compliance With Chapter And Rules
(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...
- Texas Section 146.008 - Aseptic Techniques
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...
- Texas Section 146.010 - Sanitation Requirements
(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish sanitation requirements for tattoo and body piercing studios and any other necessary requirements relating to the building...
- Texas Section 146.011 - Tools And Equipment
(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...
- Texas Section 146.012 - Tattoos Prohibited For Certain Persons
(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...
- Texas Section 146.0124 - Body Piercing Prohibited For Certain Persons
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...
- Texas Section 146.0125 - Body Piercing Prohibited Without Parental Consent; Exception
(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,...
- Texas Section 146.0126 - Tongue Splitting Prohibited
(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...
- Texas Section 146.013 - Maintenance Of Records
(a) A tattooist shall maintain a permanent record of each person tattooed by the tattooist for a period established by department rule. A person who...
- Texas Section 146.014 - Report Of Infection
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...
- Texas Section 146.015 - Rules; Enforcement
(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this chapter. (b) The department shall enforce this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter...
- Texas Section 146.016 - Inspections
(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...
- Texas Section 146.017 - License Denial, Suspension, Or Revocation
(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...
- Texas Section 146.018 - Offense; Criminal Penalty
(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...
- Texas Section 146.019 - Administrative Penalty
(a) The department may impose an administrative penalty against a person who violates a rule adopted under Section 146.007 or an order adopted or license...
- Texas Section 146.020 - Civil Penalty; Injunction
(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,...
- Texas Section 146.021 - Emergency Orders
(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...
- Texas Section 146.022 - Registration Required For Tattooists And Body Piercers
(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...
- Texas Section 146.023 - Registration Application
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...
- Texas Section 146.024 - Registration Term; Renewal
(a) A tattooist or body piercer registration is valid for two years from the date of issuance. (b) A tattooist or body piercer registration may...
- Texas Section 146.025 - Course Of Instruction For Tattooists And Body Piercers; Rules; Fees
(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: September 28, 2016