NYC TATTOO LICENSE ACTUAL FINAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Sterile gloves - ✔✔Single-use gloves that are sterile at the time of use. They must
come from a package that labels the gloves as being sterile.
✔✔Sterilization - ✔✔A process that destroys all forms of microbial life including the
most resistant forms, e.g., bacterial spores by heat, chemicals, or gases.
✔✔Standard precautions - ✔✔Work practices that require everyone to assume that all
blood and body fluids are potential source of infection, independent of perceived risk.
Such precautions involve the use of protective barriers and safe workplace practices
and the safe disposal of body substances and soiled material.
✔✔Tattoo - ✔✔Any mark on the body of a person made with indelible ink or pigments
injected beneath the outer layer of the skin, or to make such a mark.
✔✔Tattooist - ✔✔Any person who applies a tattoo to the body of another person.
✔✔Virus - ✔✔Microorganism that is smaller than bacteria And reproduces inside human
cells and may cause infection (e.g. hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV) Viruses can survive
for some time (hours or days) on inanimate surfaces and be transferred into the body
through, for example, contamination of abraded skin.
✔✔EVALUATING THE INFECTION RISK FOR TATTOING - ✔✔An assessment of
infection risk include: the potential risk of spreading infection by skin piercing
procedures, the documented infection risk in the literature, the frequency of skin
piercing procedures in the population and the proportion of clients who are infected prior
to the skin piercing.
✔✔Source of Pathogens Causing Infections - ✔✔To understand why it is important to
follow these guidelines to prevent infection during skin tattooing procedures, it is
necessary to understand potential sources of infectic and where these pathogens live.
, ✔✔ Since mid-1997 the practice of tattooing has been legalized in New York City -
✔✔City with the introduction of Subchapter 7, entitled "Tattoo Regulation Act "to
Chapter 23 of Title 17 of the City's Administrative Code. The Act set forth requirements
for obtaining tattoo license and regulates tattoo artists to ensure that they are practicing
basic health and safety procedures.
✔✔18 years of age or older - ✔✔intending to engage in the practice of tattooing shall
apply to the commissioner for a tattoo license. Each applicant for tattoo license shall
take an examination administered by the department in accordance with rules
promulgated by the commissioner regarding health issues relating to tattooing.
✔✔The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) licenses - ✔✔Tattoo
artists -no tattoo parlors. Tattoo license applications are available at the department of
Consumer Affairs Citywide License center, 42 Broadway, 5h floor, New York, NY
10004. Tattoo licenses are valid for two years.
✔✔No tattoo may be applied to a person younger than 18 years. - ✔✔Evidence of the
age of prospective clients must be examined.
✔✔DOHMH - ✔✔inspect tattoo parlors on a complaint basis. Non-adherence to the
provisions of the "Tattoo Regulation Act" can result in violations and penalties as
established in the Act.
✔✔AIDS - ✔✔The last stage of infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV), which most often results in severe damage to the body's immune system.
✔✔Applicator - ✔✔A term referring to either single-use and reusable spatula or similar
devices.
✔✔Antiseptic - ✔✔A chemical agent that destroys or inhibits microorganisms on skin or
tissue and has an effect of limiting or optimally preventing infection.
✔✔Autoclave - ✔✔Equipment used for the sterilization of heat resistant instruments
✔✔Bacteria - ✔✔Microscopic organisms that are too small to be visible to the naked
eye. Bacteria are capable of causing infection when a person is exposed to them under
certain circumstances, such as through abraded skin (e.g. staphylococci, streptococci).
✔✔Bacterial Spores - ✔✔Some bacteria are able to survive in very harsh conditions by
enveloping themselves with a thick wall called bacterial spore. Spores make bacteria
resistant to killing. If spores are introduced into the body where conditions become more
favorable -when there's more water or more food available the bacteria "come to life"
again, transforming from a spore back to a vegetative cell that can cause serious
infection. Spores can be destroyed by sterilization only.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Sterile gloves - ✔✔Single-use gloves that are sterile at the time of use. They must
come from a package that labels the gloves as being sterile.
✔✔Sterilization - ✔✔A process that destroys all forms of microbial life including the
most resistant forms, e.g., bacterial spores by heat, chemicals, or gases.
✔✔Standard precautions - ✔✔Work practices that require everyone to assume that all
blood and body fluids are potential source of infection, independent of perceived risk.
Such precautions involve the use of protective barriers and safe workplace practices
and the safe disposal of body substances and soiled material.
✔✔Tattoo - ✔✔Any mark on the body of a person made with indelible ink or pigments
injected beneath the outer layer of the skin, or to make such a mark.
✔✔Tattooist - ✔✔Any person who applies a tattoo to the body of another person.
✔✔Virus - ✔✔Microorganism that is smaller than bacteria And reproduces inside human
cells and may cause infection (e.g. hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV) Viruses can survive
for some time (hours or days) on inanimate surfaces and be transferred into the body
through, for example, contamination of abraded skin.
✔✔EVALUATING THE INFECTION RISK FOR TATTOING - ✔✔An assessment of
infection risk include: the potential risk of spreading infection by skin piercing
procedures, the documented infection risk in the literature, the frequency of skin
piercing procedures in the population and the proportion of clients who are infected prior
to the skin piercing.
✔✔Source of Pathogens Causing Infections - ✔✔To understand why it is important to
follow these guidelines to prevent infection during skin tattooing procedures, it is
necessary to understand potential sources of infectic and where these pathogens live.
, ✔✔ Since mid-1997 the practice of tattooing has been legalized in New York City -
✔✔City with the introduction of Subchapter 7, entitled "Tattoo Regulation Act "to
Chapter 23 of Title 17 of the City's Administrative Code. The Act set forth requirements
for obtaining tattoo license and regulates tattoo artists to ensure that they are practicing
basic health and safety procedures.
✔✔18 years of age or older - ✔✔intending to engage in the practice of tattooing shall
apply to the commissioner for a tattoo license. Each applicant for tattoo license shall
take an examination administered by the department in accordance with rules
promulgated by the commissioner regarding health issues relating to tattooing.
✔✔The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) licenses - ✔✔Tattoo
artists -no tattoo parlors. Tattoo license applications are available at the department of
Consumer Affairs Citywide License center, 42 Broadway, 5h floor, New York, NY
10004. Tattoo licenses are valid for two years.
✔✔No tattoo may be applied to a person younger than 18 years. - ✔✔Evidence of the
age of prospective clients must be examined.
✔✔DOHMH - ✔✔inspect tattoo parlors on a complaint basis. Non-adherence to the
provisions of the "Tattoo Regulation Act" can result in violations and penalties as
established in the Act.
✔✔AIDS - ✔✔The last stage of infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV), which most often results in severe damage to the body's immune system.
✔✔Applicator - ✔✔A term referring to either single-use and reusable spatula or similar
devices.
✔✔Antiseptic - ✔✔A chemical agent that destroys or inhibits microorganisms on skin or
tissue and has an effect of limiting or optimally preventing infection.
✔✔Autoclave - ✔✔Equipment used for the sterilization of heat resistant instruments
✔✔Bacteria - ✔✔Microscopic organisms that are too small to be visible to the naked
eye. Bacteria are capable of causing infection when a person is exposed to them under
certain circumstances, such as through abraded skin (e.g. staphylococci, streptococci).
✔✔Bacterial Spores - ✔✔Some bacteria are able to survive in very harsh conditions by
enveloping themselves with a thick wall called bacterial spore. Spores make bacteria
resistant to killing. If spores are introduced into the body where conditions become more
favorable -when there's more water or more food available the bacteria "come to life"
again, transforming from a spore back to a vegetative cell that can cause serious
infection. Spores can be destroyed by sterilization only.
