NYC TATTOO LICENSE ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Infectious waste - ✔✔Infectious wastes (also called biomedical waste) include
human waste, animal waste and objects and materials contaminated with blood and
body fluids containing disease- causing microorganisms or viruses. Items saturated with
blood, used needles syringes and other sharps must be handled with special precaution
since they may be contaminated with germs which can make you ill. Major concerns are
the spread of hepatitis B, C and HIV.
✔✔Instrument - ✔✔A tool that is used to perform a specific function, e.g. needle.
Instruments are usually made of stainless steel and can withstand heat during
sterilization.
✔✔Latex - ✔✔Latex is natural rubber that is made from the sap of the Brazilian rubber
tree. Hundreds of products may contain latex: medical devices (gloves, blood pressure
cuffs, IV tubes and catheters); dental items (dams and orthodontic rubber bands);
clothing (the elastic waistbands in pants and underwear); children's items (bottle
nipples, pacifiers, teething toys and toys); household items (rugs, bathmats and rubber
gloves); personal care items (diaphragms and condoms)
✔✔Latex Allergy - ✔✔A reaction to a protein in the sap of the rubber tree. A person who
is sensitive to the protein can develop an allergic reaction when touches a latex-made
item or breathes close to it.
✔✔Microorganism - ✔✔Also called a germ, e.g. bacteria, virus, or fungus.
✔✔Mucous membrane - ✔✔The sheets of tissue that line various openings of the body
such as the mouth, nose, eyes or genitals.
✔✔Pathogen - ✔✔A microorganism that can cause disease in humans.
✔✔Regulated infectious waste - ✔✔Includes all waste, which is visibly dripping with
blood and could potentially be contaminated with disease-causing microorganisms, and
which presents a recognized infectious hazard to waste disposal workers and to the
environment if appropriate precautions are not used.
✔✔Reusable - ✔✔An instrument designated by the manufacturer as suitable for
reprocessing and reuse. Opposite to a device that the manufacturer designates or
intends for single-use only.
✔✔Sharps - ✔✔Any article that can pierce the skin and cause punctures or cuts. In the
tattoo facility sharps refer to needles and disposable razors used.
, ✔✔Single-use - ✔✔An instrument or glove designated and labeled for one use only. It
must be immediately discarded after use.
✔✔Stencil - ✔✔Stencil means single-use paper stencil in this booklet unless otherwise
stated.
✔✔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.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Infectious waste - ✔✔Infectious wastes (also called biomedical waste) include
human waste, animal waste and objects and materials contaminated with blood and
body fluids containing disease- causing microorganisms or viruses. Items saturated with
blood, used needles syringes and other sharps must be handled with special precaution
since they may be contaminated with germs which can make you ill. Major concerns are
the spread of hepatitis B, C and HIV.
✔✔Instrument - ✔✔A tool that is used to perform a specific function, e.g. needle.
Instruments are usually made of stainless steel and can withstand heat during
sterilization.
✔✔Latex - ✔✔Latex is natural rubber that is made from the sap of the Brazilian rubber
tree. Hundreds of products may contain latex: medical devices (gloves, blood pressure
cuffs, IV tubes and catheters); dental items (dams and orthodontic rubber bands);
clothing (the elastic waistbands in pants and underwear); children's items (bottle
nipples, pacifiers, teething toys and toys); household items (rugs, bathmats and rubber
gloves); personal care items (diaphragms and condoms)
✔✔Latex Allergy - ✔✔A reaction to a protein in the sap of the rubber tree. A person who
is sensitive to the protein can develop an allergic reaction when touches a latex-made
item or breathes close to it.
✔✔Microorganism - ✔✔Also called a germ, e.g. bacteria, virus, or fungus.
✔✔Mucous membrane - ✔✔The sheets of tissue that line various openings of the body
such as the mouth, nose, eyes or genitals.
✔✔Pathogen - ✔✔A microorganism that can cause disease in humans.
✔✔Regulated infectious waste - ✔✔Includes all waste, which is visibly dripping with
blood and could potentially be contaminated with disease-causing microorganisms, and
which presents a recognized infectious hazard to waste disposal workers and to the
environment if appropriate precautions are not used.
✔✔Reusable - ✔✔An instrument designated by the manufacturer as suitable for
reprocessing and reuse. Opposite to a device that the manufacturer designates or
intends for single-use only.
✔✔Sharps - ✔✔Any article that can pierce the skin and cause punctures or cuts. In the
tattoo facility sharps refer to needles and disposable razors used.
, ✔✔Single-use - ✔✔An instrument or glove designated and labeled for one use only. It
must be immediately discarded after use.
✔✔Stencil - ✔✔Stencil means single-use paper stencil in this booklet unless otherwise
stated.
✔✔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.
