TATTOO AND BODY PIERCING
APPRENTICE COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Micropimentologist (micropigmentology)
Answer: Known as the practice of permanent makeup, cosmetics or
cosmetic tattooing (Someone who practices this)
●● Exception for unlawful tattooing/body piercing (Section 842.1)
Answer: Exception for practitioner of the healing arts
●● Practitioners of the healing arts
Answer: Practice podiactric medicine and surgery, nursing, chiropractic,
optometry, dentistry, osteopathic medicine and surgery, medicine or
surgery to provide health services.
●● Scleral Tattooing
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: The person who actually performs the body piercing or
tattooing procedure.
●● Penalties for Violations (Section 842.2)
, Answer: 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)
Answer: 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:
- Artist temporary or permanent licensure;
- Facility operator temporary or permanent licensure;
- Body piercing and tattoo facility requirements;
- Equipment setup and requirements;
- Procedures for sanitary body piercing and tattooing;
- Forms to be completed prior to performing body piercing and tattooing
including but not limited to, applications and parental consent forms.
- Hand washing and general health;
- Body piercing and tattoo site preparation and application;
- Procedure following body piercing and tattoo application;
- Limits and prohibitions concerning body piercing and tattooing;
APPRENTICE COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Micropimentologist (micropigmentology)
Answer: Known as the practice of permanent makeup, cosmetics or
cosmetic tattooing (Someone who practices this)
●● Exception for unlawful tattooing/body piercing (Section 842.1)
Answer: Exception for practitioner of the healing arts
●● Practitioners of the healing arts
Answer: Practice podiactric medicine and surgery, nursing, chiropractic,
optometry, dentistry, osteopathic medicine and surgery, medicine or
surgery to provide health services.
●● Scleral Tattooing
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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
Answer: The person who actually performs the body piercing or
tattooing procedure.
●● Penalties for Violations (Section 842.2)
, Answer: 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)
Answer: 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:
- Artist temporary or permanent licensure;
- Facility operator temporary or permanent licensure;
- Body piercing and tattoo facility requirements;
- Equipment setup and requirements;
- Procedures for sanitary body piercing and tattooing;
- Forms to be completed prior to performing body piercing and tattooing
including but not limited to, applications and parental consent forms.
- Hand washing and general health;
- Body piercing and tattoo site preparation and application;
- Procedure following body piercing and tattoo application;
- Limits and prohibitions concerning body piercing and tattooing;
