BODY ARTIST CERTIFICATE SUFFOLK COUNTY QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
Adequate - (ANSWER)Sufficient to accomplish the purpose for which something is intended.
Adult - (ANSWER)A person 18 years or older.
Aftercare - (ANSWER)Written instructions given to the client, specific to the body art procedure(s)
rendered, and about caring for the body art and its surrounding area(s). These instructions will include
information about when to seek medical treatment, if necessary, and they must be consistent with the
aftercare standards set forth in Appendix A.
Apprentice - (ANSWER)An individual who is no less than 18 years old, working under the direct, onsite
supervision of a Suffolk County Certified Body Artist, in a Suffolk County Permitted Body Art
Establishment to learn the skills of the trade.
Apprenticeship - (ANSWER)A written agreement an apprentice has with a Suffolk County Certified Body
Artist to learn the skills of Body Art Procedures while working under the direct, onsite supervision of the
aforementioned Body Artist in a Suffolk County permitted Body Art Establishment.
Biomedical Waste - (ANSWER)Any solid or liquid waste that may present a threat of infection to humans,
including non-liquid tissue, body parts, blood, blood products, and any body fluids from humans and
other primates: laboratory and veterinary wastes that contain human disease-causing agents; and
discarded SHARPS. The following also are included (a) used absorbent materials saturated with blood,
blood products, body fluids or excretions or secretions contaminated with visible blood, as well as
absorbent materials saturated with blood or blood products that have dried; and (b) nonabsorbent
disposable devices that have been contaminated with blood and that have not been treated by an
approved method.
Body Art or Body Art Procedure - (ANSWER)The practice of applying body adornment to an individual
using invasive methods such as body piercing, tattooing, permanent makeup, micropigmentation,
dermopigmentation, branding, and scarification.
Body Art Establishment - (ANSWER)Any permanent or temporary place or premises where body art
procedures are performed with or without compensation.
, BODY ARTIST CERTIFICATE SUFFOLK COUNTY QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
Body Art Shop Operator - (ANSWER)Any person, persons, firm, estate, partnership, company,
corporation, trustee, or association or any other public or private entity that operates a body art
establishment.
Body Artist - (ANSWER)Any person no less than 18 years of age, who performs body art procedures as
defined herein.
Body Artist Certification - (ANSWER)The issuance by the Commissioner of a written body art instrument
authorizing the person named therein to engage in the practice of body art procedures.
Body Artist Mentor - (ANSWER)A Suffolk Certified Body Artist who has a history of no less than 3 years of
practicing his/her profession in Suffolk County and who is willing to sponsor and mentor an apprentice
body artist.
Body Piercing - (ANSWER)To puncture, penetrate, or pass through any non-mucosal part of the body
with a sharp sterilized, single use needle, for the purpose of applying sterilized jewelry or other sterilized
ornament made of jewelry quality materials to various parts of the body. This term does NOT include ear
piercing.
Branding - (ANSWER)Any method using heat, cold, or chemical compound, or cauterizing to apply a scar
to the body for the purpose of creating a permanent mark or design on the skin.
Commissioner - (ANSWER)The Commissioner of Suffolk County Department of Health Services.
Cosmetic Tattooing - (ANSWER)A form or type of tattoo or tattooing for cosmetic purposes and may
require specific educational and/or training requirements set forth in Standards established by the
Commissioner.
Department - (ANSWER)Suffolk County Department of Health
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
Adequate - (ANSWER)Sufficient to accomplish the purpose for which something is intended.
Adult - (ANSWER)A person 18 years or older.
Aftercare - (ANSWER)Written instructions given to the client, specific to the body art procedure(s)
rendered, and about caring for the body art and its surrounding area(s). These instructions will include
information about when to seek medical treatment, if necessary, and they must be consistent with the
aftercare standards set forth in Appendix A.
Apprentice - (ANSWER)An individual who is no less than 18 years old, working under the direct, onsite
supervision of a Suffolk County Certified Body Artist, in a Suffolk County Permitted Body Art
Establishment to learn the skills of the trade.
Apprenticeship - (ANSWER)A written agreement an apprentice has with a Suffolk County Certified Body
Artist to learn the skills of Body Art Procedures while working under the direct, onsite supervision of the
aforementioned Body Artist in a Suffolk County permitted Body Art Establishment.
Biomedical Waste - (ANSWER)Any solid or liquid waste that may present a threat of infection to humans,
including non-liquid tissue, body parts, blood, blood products, and any body fluids from humans and
other primates: laboratory and veterinary wastes that contain human disease-causing agents; and
discarded SHARPS. The following also are included (a) used absorbent materials saturated with blood,
blood products, body fluids or excretions or secretions contaminated with visible blood, as well as
absorbent materials saturated with blood or blood products that have dried; and (b) nonabsorbent
disposable devices that have been contaminated with blood and that have not been treated by an
approved method.
Body Art or Body Art Procedure - (ANSWER)The practice of applying body adornment to an individual
using invasive methods such as body piercing, tattooing, permanent makeup, micropigmentation,
dermopigmentation, branding, and scarification.
Body Art Establishment - (ANSWER)Any permanent or temporary place or premises where body art
procedures are performed with or without compensation.
, BODY ARTIST CERTIFICATE SUFFOLK COUNTY QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
Body Art Shop Operator - (ANSWER)Any person, persons, firm, estate, partnership, company,
corporation, trustee, or association or any other public or private entity that operates a body art
establishment.
Body Artist - (ANSWER)Any person no less than 18 years of age, who performs body art procedures as
defined herein.
Body Artist Certification - (ANSWER)The issuance by the Commissioner of a written body art instrument
authorizing the person named therein to engage in the practice of body art procedures.
Body Artist Mentor - (ANSWER)A Suffolk Certified Body Artist who has a history of no less than 3 years of
practicing his/her profession in Suffolk County and who is willing to sponsor and mentor an apprentice
body artist.
Body Piercing - (ANSWER)To puncture, penetrate, or pass through any non-mucosal part of the body
with a sharp sterilized, single use needle, for the purpose of applying sterilized jewelry or other sterilized
ornament made of jewelry quality materials to various parts of the body. This term does NOT include ear
piercing.
Branding - (ANSWER)Any method using heat, cold, or chemical compound, or cauterizing to apply a scar
to the body for the purpose of creating a permanent mark or design on the skin.
Commissioner - (ANSWER)The Commissioner of Suffolk County Department of Health Services.
Cosmetic Tattooing - (ANSWER)A form or type of tattoo or tattooing for cosmetic purposes and may
require specific educational and/or training requirements set forth in Standards established by the
Commissioner.
Department - (ANSWER)Suffolk County Department of Health
