BODY ART EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
Adequate - Answers sufficient to accomplish the purpose
Adult - Answers 18 years or older
Aftercare - Answers written instructions you give to the client of how to care for body art and
surrounding area
Apprentice - Answers individual over 18 years old, working under the direct on-site supervision
of Suffolk Country Body Artist to learn the skills of the trade
Apprenticeship - Answers written agreement the apprentice has with Suffolk county certified
body artist to learn body art procedure
Biomedical waste - Answers solid or liquid waste that may present a thread of infection to
humans including non-liquid tissue, body parts, blood, blood products, and any body fluids
Body art/ procedure - Answers applying body adornment to an individual using invasive
methods
Body art establishment - Answers permanent or temporary place or premise where body art
procedures are performed
Body art shop operator - Answers any person, persons, firm, estate, partnership, company,
corporation, trustee, association or any other public or private entity that operates a body art
establishment
Body artist - Answers any person, older than 18 years old, who performs body art procedures
Body artist certification - Answers issuance by the COMMISSIONER of a written instrument
authorizing the named person to engage in body art procedure
Body artist mentor - Answers person who is willing to sponsor and mentor apprentice. no less
than three years of practice
Body piercing - Answers to puncture, penetrate, or passthrough any non-mucosal part of the
body with a sharp sterilized, single-use needle. This term DOES NOT include EAR PIERCING
Does a Body Piercing include an ear piercing? - Answers NO
Branding - Answers Any method using heat, cold or chemical compound or cauterizing to apply
a scar to the body for purpose of creating a permanent mark on the skin
Commissioner - Answers THE COMMISSIONER of the Suffolk County Department of health
services
Cosmetic Tattooing - Answers A form or type of tattoo or tattooing for cosmetic purposes and
Adequate - Answers sufficient to accomplish the purpose
Adult - Answers 18 years or older
Aftercare - Answers written instructions you give to the client of how to care for body art and
surrounding area
Apprentice - Answers individual over 18 years old, working under the direct on-site supervision
of Suffolk Country Body Artist to learn the skills of the trade
Apprenticeship - Answers written agreement the apprentice has with Suffolk county certified
body artist to learn body art procedure
Biomedical waste - Answers solid or liquid waste that may present a thread of infection to
humans including non-liquid tissue, body parts, blood, blood products, and any body fluids
Body art/ procedure - Answers applying body adornment to an individual using invasive
methods
Body art establishment - Answers permanent or temporary place or premise where body art
procedures are performed
Body art shop operator - Answers any person, persons, firm, estate, partnership, company,
corporation, trustee, association or any other public or private entity that operates a body art
establishment
Body artist - Answers any person, older than 18 years old, who performs body art procedures
Body artist certification - Answers issuance by the COMMISSIONER of a written instrument
authorizing the named person to engage in body art procedure
Body artist mentor - Answers person who is willing to sponsor and mentor apprentice. no less
than three years of practice
Body piercing - Answers to puncture, penetrate, or passthrough any non-mucosal part of the
body with a sharp sterilized, single-use needle. This term DOES NOT include EAR PIERCING
Does a Body Piercing include an ear piercing? - Answers NO
Branding - Answers Any method using heat, cold or chemical compound or cauterizing to apply
a scar to the body for purpose of creating a permanent mark on the skin
Commissioner - Answers THE COMMISSIONER of the Suffolk County Department of health
services
Cosmetic Tattooing - Answers A form or type of tattoo or tattooing for cosmetic purposes and
