ARKANSAS BODY ART APPRENTICE
WRITTEN TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE A+
SOLUTIONS, UPDATED 2026,
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Q: What is the APP? ANSWER: The Alliance of Professional Piercers. ✔✔
Role: An international non-profit association dedicated to the dissemination
of vital health and safety information about body piercing to piercers, health
care professionals, and the public.
Q: What is the APT? ANSWER: The Alliance of Professional Tattooists. ✔✔
Role: A non-profit organization that focuses on the health and safety of the
tattoo artist and the public. They were instrumental in developing the first
safety standards for the industry.
Practitioner Classifications
Q: Who is legally considered an "Artist"? ANSWER: Any person, other than
a licensed physician, who performs body art on a human. ✔✔
Distinction: Physicians may perform these acts under their medical license,
but anyone else must hold a specific Body Art license issued by the relevant
Department of Health.
Q: What is an "Artist in Training"? ANSWER: A person who is in training
under the supervision of an artist trainer or a physician. ✔✔
Key Restriction: They shall not perform body art independently. A
supervisor must be physically present in the facility during the procedure.
Q: What are the requirements to be an "Artist Trainer"? ANSWER: An
artist licensed by the Department of Health for at least 5 years in their specific
field. ✔✔
, Criteria for Compliance: The trainer must have worked in a licensed
establishment for those 5 years and remained in full compliance with all
Department rules. This ensures the apprentice is learning from someone with
a proven track record of safety.
Artist Trainer -ANSWER✔✔Has completed the course required under 20-27-1506
and is a registered instructor for the specified field of body art with he State Board
of Private Career Education
Aseptic Technique -ANSWER✔✔The practice which prevents or hinders the
transmission of disease-producing microorganisms from one person or place to
another person or place.
ASTM -ANSWER✔✔The American Society for Testing and Materials.
Body Art -ANSWER✔✔Procedures that include body piercing, branding,
permanent cosmetics, tattooing, and scarification.
Body Piercing and Body Piercing Procedure -ANSWER✔✔The puncturing fo a
part of a live human being to create a hole for ornamentation or decoration or a
single-point perforation of a body part to insert an anchor with a single stud
protruding or flush with the skin.
(T/F) Body piercing or body piercing procedure shall not include piercing an
earlobe with a pre-sterilized disposable, single-use stud or solid needle that is
applied using a mechanical device to for the needle or stud through the earlobe. -
ANSWER✔✔True
BPCE -ANSWER✔✔The Arkansas Board of Private Career Education.
WRITTEN TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE A+
SOLUTIONS, UPDATED 2026,
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Q: What is the APP? ANSWER: The Alliance of Professional Piercers. ✔✔
Role: An international non-profit association dedicated to the dissemination
of vital health and safety information about body piercing to piercers, health
care professionals, and the public.
Q: What is the APT? ANSWER: The Alliance of Professional Tattooists. ✔✔
Role: A non-profit organization that focuses on the health and safety of the
tattoo artist and the public. They were instrumental in developing the first
safety standards for the industry.
Practitioner Classifications
Q: Who is legally considered an "Artist"? ANSWER: Any person, other than
a licensed physician, who performs body art on a human. ✔✔
Distinction: Physicians may perform these acts under their medical license,
but anyone else must hold a specific Body Art license issued by the relevant
Department of Health.
Q: What is an "Artist in Training"? ANSWER: A person who is in training
under the supervision of an artist trainer or a physician. ✔✔
Key Restriction: They shall not perform body art independently. A
supervisor must be physically present in the facility during the procedure.
Q: What are the requirements to be an "Artist Trainer"? ANSWER: An
artist licensed by the Department of Health for at least 5 years in their specific
field. ✔✔
, Criteria for Compliance: The trainer must have worked in a licensed
establishment for those 5 years and remained in full compliance with all
Department rules. This ensures the apprentice is learning from someone with
a proven track record of safety.
Artist Trainer -ANSWER✔✔Has completed the course required under 20-27-1506
and is a registered instructor for the specified field of body art with he State Board
of Private Career Education
Aseptic Technique -ANSWER✔✔The practice which prevents or hinders the
transmission of disease-producing microorganisms from one person or place to
another person or place.
ASTM -ANSWER✔✔The American Society for Testing and Materials.
Body Art -ANSWER✔✔Procedures that include body piercing, branding,
permanent cosmetics, tattooing, and scarification.
Body Piercing and Body Piercing Procedure -ANSWER✔✔The puncturing fo a
part of a live human being to create a hole for ornamentation or decoration or a
single-point perforation of a body part to insert an anchor with a single stud
protruding or flush with the skin.
(T/F) Body piercing or body piercing procedure shall not include piercing an
earlobe with a pre-sterilized disposable, single-use stud or solid needle that is
applied using a mechanical device to for the needle or stud through the earlobe. -
ANSWER✔✔True
BPCE -ANSWER✔✔The Arkansas Board of Private Career Education.
