INDIANA BODY ART LICENSE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
How to clean skin before a tattoo/piercing - Answer-Antiseptic soap and clean water
then a germicidal solution (such as 70% isopropal alcohol) may be applied with a sterile
swab
When artist license expires - Answer-December 31st of every year
What has to be posted for public viewing - Answer-Universal precautions
Patron rights
After care instructions
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Minimum square footage of a body art establishment - Answer-100 square feet
Minimum square footage for body art station - Answer-45 square feet of floor space
Areas sepersted by panel/door/ or 8ft
Age limitations - Answer-No tattoo under 16
No piercing under 14
Parental consent for all minors under 18
Prohibited acts - Answer-1. No person shall preform branding, implanting, suspension,
tongue splitting, or scarification on another person.
2. No person shall pierce the genetailia or nipples of a person under the age of 18
* exemptions include physicians licensed by the state of indiana who utilizes tattooing or
body piercingprocedures as part of patient treatment
OPIM - Answer-Other potentially infectious materials
How long to keep patron record - Answer-Minimum of 2 years
examples of PPE (personal protective equipment) - Answer-1. Clean protective clothing
layer shall be worn whenever there is a reasonably anticipated risk of contamination of
clothing by blood or OPIM
2. Masks- incobinarion with eye protection devices such as goggles, face sheild, should
be worn when splashes, splatter, or droppletes of blood or ither OPIM may be
generated and eye/nose/mouth region could become contaminated
3. Disposable gloves- must beworn during all tattooing/piercing processes
4. Gloves worn to decontaminate surfaces
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
How to clean skin before a tattoo/piercing - Answer-Antiseptic soap and clean water
then a germicidal solution (such as 70% isopropal alcohol) may be applied with a sterile
swab
When artist license expires - Answer-December 31st of every year
What has to be posted for public viewing - Answer-Universal precautions
Patron rights
After care instructions
...
Minimum square footage of a body art establishment - Answer-100 square feet
Minimum square footage for body art station - Answer-45 square feet of floor space
Areas sepersted by panel/door/ or 8ft
Age limitations - Answer-No tattoo under 16
No piercing under 14
Parental consent for all minors under 18
Prohibited acts - Answer-1. No person shall preform branding, implanting, suspension,
tongue splitting, or scarification on another person.
2. No person shall pierce the genetailia or nipples of a person under the age of 18
* exemptions include physicians licensed by the state of indiana who utilizes tattooing or
body piercingprocedures as part of patient treatment
OPIM - Answer-Other potentially infectious materials
How long to keep patron record - Answer-Minimum of 2 years
examples of PPE (personal protective equipment) - Answer-1. Clean protective clothing
layer shall be worn whenever there is a reasonably anticipated risk of contamination of
clothing by blood or OPIM
2. Masks- incobinarion with eye protection devices such as goggles, face sheild, should
be worn when splashes, splatter, or droppletes of blood or ither OPIM may be
generated and eye/nose/mouth region could become contaminated
3. Disposable gloves- must beworn during all tattooing/piercing processes
4. Gloves worn to decontaminate surfaces
