New York Public Health Law Article 4-A - Regulation of body piercing and tattooing.

• 460 - Definitions.
  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...
• 460-a - Restrictions on Body Piercing Studios.
  1. No owner, operator or employee of a body piercing studio shall permit body piercing on a person under eighteen years of age unless such...
• 461 - Permit Required.
  1. No person shall be a body piercing specialist or tattooist and no person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other association shall operate a body piercing...
• 462 - Application of Article.
  1. This article shall not apply to or affect a physician duly licensed under article one hundred thirty-one of the education law or x-ray technicians....
• 463 - Denial of Permit; Notice of Hearing.
  The department shall, before making a final determination to deny an application for a permit, notify the applicant in writing of the reasons for such...
• 464 - Permits; Display; Renewal; Duplicates.
  1. All permits shall be for a period of two years. 2. No permit shall be assignable or transferable. 3. Each permit issued pursuant to...
• 465 - Powers of the Commissioner.
  In addition to the powers and duties elsewhere prescribed in this article, the commissioner shall have power to: 1. Appoint one or more officers as...
• 466 - Judicial Review.
  The action of the commissioner in suspending, revoking or refusing to issue or renew a permit or imposing any fine or reprimand upon the holder...
• 467 - Single Use Tattoo and Body Piercing Equipment.
  1. All tattoo studios and body piercing studios shall use only single use needles and approved ink handling procedures in all tattoo and body piercing...

Last modified: February 3, 2019