QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Unlawful Body Tattooing, Piercing, and Scleral Tattooing (Section 842.1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to perform or offer body piercing or tattooing
on a child under 18 years of age. No person under the age of 18 shall receive a
body piercing or tattoo unless the parent or legal guardian gives written consent,
and the parent or legal guardian is present during the procedure. No person shall
be allowed to purchase or possess tattoo equipment or supplies (without being
licensed as either an Oklahoma medical micropigmentologist or as an Oklahoma
tattoo artist).
- Tattooing shall not be performed on a person impaired by drugs or alcohol
- It is unlawful for a person to perform scleral tattooing
Micropimentologist (micropigmentology)
Known as the practice of permanent makeup, cosmetics or cosmetic tattooing
(Someone who practices this)
Exception for unlawful tattooing/body piercing (Section 842.1)
Exception for practitioner of the healing arts
,Practitioners of the healing arts
Practice podiatric medicine and surgery, nursing, chiropractic, optometry,
dentistry, osteopathic medicine and surgery, medicine or surgery to provide
health services.
Scleral Tattooing
Practice of producing an indelible mark or figure on the human eye by scarring or
inserting pigment on, in, or under the fornix conjunctiva, bulbar conjunctiva,
ocular conjunctive, or other ocular surface using needles, scalpels or other related
equipment.
-Practice of tattooing the sclera, or whites of the human eye. The dye is not
injected into the human tissue, but between two layers of the eye, where it
spreads over a large area.
Tattooing
Practice of producing an indelible (making marks that cannot be removed) mark
or figure on the human body by scarring or inserting a pigment under the skin
using needles, scalpels, or other related equipment; provided, that medical
micropigmentation, performed pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma
Medical Micropigmentation Regulation Act, shall not be construed to be tattooing.
, Tattoo Operator
Any person who owns, controls, operates, conducts, or manages a tattooing
establishment whether performing the work of tattooing or not. A temporary or
fixed location is a fixed location at which an individual tattoo operator performs
tattooing for a specified period of no more than 7 (seven) days in conjunction with
a single event or celebration, where the primary function of the event is tattooing.
Artist
The person who actually performs the body piercing or tattooing procedure.
Penalties for Violations (Section 842.2)
Any person violating the provisions of Section 842.1 of this title or rules
promulgated pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 90 days, a fine not more than 5,000
dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment.
License Required - Rules - Regulation by City or County - Pending Application -
Notice - Penalties (Section 842.3)
All body piercing operators, tattoo operators and artists shall be prohibited from
performing body piercing or tattooing unless licensed in the appropriate category
by the State Department of Health. The State Board of Health shall promulgate
rules regulating body piercing and tattooing, but not limited to: