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Unlawful Body Tattooing, Piercing, and Scleral Tattooing (Section 842.1) - ✔✔It
shall be unlawful for any person to perform or offer body piercing or tattooing
on a child under 18 years of age. No person under the age of 18 shall receive a
body piercing or tattoo unless the parent or legal guardian gives written
consent, and the parent or legal guardian is present during the procedure. No
person shall be allowed to purchase or possess tattoo equipment or supplies
(without being licensed as either an Oklahoma medical micropigmentologist or
as an Oklahoma tattoo artist).
- Tattooing shall not be performed on a person impaired by drugs or alcohol
- It is unlawful for a person to perform scleral tattooing
Micropimentologist (micropigmentology) - ✔✔Known as the practice of
permanent makeup, cosmetics or cosmetic tattooing (Someone who practices
this)
Exception for unlawful tattooing/body piercing (Section 842.1) - ✔✔Exception
for practitioner of the healing arts
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,Practitioners of the healing arts - ✔✔Practice podiactric medicine and surgery,
nursing, chiropractic, optometry, dentistry, osteopathic medicine and surgery,
medicine or surgery to provide health services.
Scleral Tattooing - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Any person who owns, controls, operates, conducts, or
manages a tattooing establishment whether performing the work of tattooing
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, 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 - ✔✔The person who actually performs the body piercing or tattooing
procedure.
Penalties for Violations (Section 842.2) - ✔✔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) - ✔✔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;
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