2. Body Art Operator Requirements and Professional Standards
2.1 Persons performing body art procedures or any other task or function in a body art facility must use aseptic techniques.
2.2 The body artist must be a minimum of 18 years of age.
2.3 It is unlawful for any person to perform body art procedures unless such procedures are performed in a body art establishment with a current applicable state, county, or city license, permit, and/or other regulatory requirements as required by the applicable jurisdiction. 2.4 The body artist must maintain hair, skin, and clothes that are free of visible particulate matter and debris. The body artist must keep fingernails short with smooth, filed edges to allow thorough cleaning and prevent glove tears. Body artists must not wear artificial fingernails or extenders and natural nail tips must be less than 1/8 inch long. Nail polish must be intact without chips or cracks and must be removed and/or reapplied every 7 days. 2.5 The body artist must be free of any open wound that cannot be covered, any infection, or other visible or communicable diseases that can be transmitted as a result of carrying out the body art procedure.
2.6 Wearing jewelry on fingers, hands, and wrists while performing a body art procedure is prohibited.
2.7 Before performing body art procedures, body artists must thoroughly wash their hands in a hand washing sink as specified under Section 12.5 and according to the hand washing procedure below. If a surrogate prosthetic device is being worn, manufacturer recommendations for washing shall be followed. 1. Remove all jewelry on fingers, hands, and wrists. 2. Turn on warm water, wet hands, and apply soap. 3. Rubbing your hands together, make a soapy lather. 4. Make sure you include all your fingers, wash between your fingers, thumbs, nails, cuticles, wrists, palm to palm, and the top of your hands per CDC hand washing guidelines. 5. Rinse your hands with your fingers pointed up toward the faucet and rinse down to your wrists. 6. Dry with a clean disposable towel. 7. Use a new clean disposable towel to turn off the handles of the sink. 2.8 Any item or instrument used for body art that is anticipated/known to be contaminated, not from the client, during the procedure shall be removed as soon as practical from the procedure area and, if necessary, replaced before the procedure resumes. Any item or instrument no longer necessary for the procedure should be removed as soon as practical.
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