OKLAHOMA TATTOO LICENSE 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔School - ✔✔an establishment, other than a private dwelling, where
the usual processes of education are usually conducted [21:842.3(C)(3)(a)].
✔✔Sharps - ✔✔any object (sterile or contaminated) that may purposefully or
accidentally cut or penetrate the skin or mucosa including, but not limited to, pre-
sterilized single use piercing or tattooing needles and razor blades.
✔✔Sharps container - ✔✔a puncture-resistant, leak-proof container that is labeled or
color coded that can be closed for disposal.
✔✔Single use - ✔✔products or items that are intended for one-time, one-person use
and are disposed of after use on each client including, but not limited to, cotton swabs
or balls, tissues or paper products, paper or plastic cups, gauze and sanitary coverings,
razors, piercing and tattooing needles and protective gloves.
✔✔Skills challenge - ✔✔a testing mechanism that enables persons who have received
training in tattooing and have experience in performing tattooing procedures to
challenge the training requirements by satisfactorily completing the written examination.
, ✔✔Spore test - ✔✔biological monitoring process in which a third party laboratory
culturing service is engaged to monitor spore growth on media processed in an
autoclave.
✔✔Statim autoclave - ✔✔a brand of autoclave utilizing the steam flush pressure pulse
method of sterilization.
✔✔Sterilization - ✔✔a process resulting in the destruction of all forms of microbial life,
including highly resistant bacterial spores.
✔✔Tattooing - ✔✔the practice of producing an indelible 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 [21:842.1(C)(2)].
✔✔Tattoo operator - ✔✔any person who owns, controls, operates, conducts or
manages any permanent tattooing establishment whether performing the work of
tattooing or not [21:842.1(C)(4)].
✔✔Temporary artist license - ✔✔a person that is not licensed through the State of
Oklahoma that is a body piercing artist or tattoo artist doing temporary work at a
licensed body piercing or tattoo establishment not to exceed 30 days.
✔✔Ultrasonic cleaning unit - ✔✔a piece of medical equipment utilizing ultrasound
energy to thoroughly clean instruments for body piercing or tattooing.
✔✔Universal precautions - ✔✔an approach to infection control that treats all human
blood and certain human body fluids as if known to be infectious for Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and
other bloodborne pathogens.
✔✔121 degrees C (250 degrees F) and 15 psi for 30 minutes - ✔✔Recommended
autoclave cycle temp and psi
✔✔Collagen - ✔✔structural protein found in the skin and connective tissue
✔✔Fibrogen - ✔✔protein present in plasma
✔✔Plasma - ✔✔liquid portion of blood and lymph
✔✔Lymph - ✔✔clear fluid formed in the body's tissue spaces that carries lymphocytes
✔✔Lymphocytes - ✔✔a cell present in blood and lymphatic tissue that fights infection
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔School - ✔✔an establishment, other than a private dwelling, where
the usual processes of education are usually conducted [21:842.3(C)(3)(a)].
✔✔Sharps - ✔✔any object (sterile or contaminated) that may purposefully or
accidentally cut or penetrate the skin or mucosa including, but not limited to, pre-
sterilized single use piercing or tattooing needles and razor blades.
✔✔Sharps container - ✔✔a puncture-resistant, leak-proof container that is labeled or
color coded that can be closed for disposal.
✔✔Single use - ✔✔products or items that are intended for one-time, one-person use
and are disposed of after use on each client including, but not limited to, cotton swabs
or balls, tissues or paper products, paper or plastic cups, gauze and sanitary coverings,
razors, piercing and tattooing needles and protective gloves.
✔✔Skills challenge - ✔✔a testing mechanism that enables persons who have received
training in tattooing and have experience in performing tattooing procedures to
challenge the training requirements by satisfactorily completing the written examination.
, ✔✔Spore test - ✔✔biological monitoring process in which a third party laboratory
culturing service is engaged to monitor spore growth on media processed in an
autoclave.
✔✔Statim autoclave - ✔✔a brand of autoclave utilizing the steam flush pressure pulse
method of sterilization.
✔✔Sterilization - ✔✔a process resulting in the destruction of all forms of microbial life,
including highly resistant bacterial spores.
✔✔Tattooing - ✔✔the practice of producing an indelible 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 [21:842.1(C)(2)].
✔✔Tattoo operator - ✔✔any person who owns, controls, operates, conducts or
manages any permanent tattooing establishment whether performing the work of
tattooing or not [21:842.1(C)(4)].
✔✔Temporary artist license - ✔✔a person that is not licensed through the State of
Oklahoma that is a body piercing artist or tattoo artist doing temporary work at a
licensed body piercing or tattoo establishment not to exceed 30 days.
✔✔Ultrasonic cleaning unit - ✔✔a piece of medical equipment utilizing ultrasound
energy to thoroughly clean instruments for body piercing or tattooing.
✔✔Universal precautions - ✔✔an approach to infection control that treats all human
blood and certain human body fluids as if known to be infectious for Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and
other bloodborne pathogens.
✔✔121 degrees C (250 degrees F) and 15 psi for 30 minutes - ✔✔Recommended
autoclave cycle temp and psi
✔✔Collagen - ✔✔structural protein found in the skin and connective tissue
✔✔Fibrogen - ✔✔protein present in plasma
✔✔Plasma - ✔✔liquid portion of blood and lymph
✔✔Lymph - ✔✔clear fluid formed in the body's tissue spaces that carries lymphocytes
✔✔Lymphocytes - ✔✔a cell present in blood and lymphatic tissue that fights infection
