2.9 Eating or drinking by anyone is prohibited in the area where body art preparations or procedures are performed and any location where instruments or supplies are stored or cleaned. Exceptions must be made for the purpose of rendering first aid. 2.10 Any injury or complaint of injury, infections that required treatment by a licensed medical practitioner, or any communicable diseases resulting from the body art procedure that become known to the body artist must be reported by the body artist to the Department using a complaint of injury form within three business days of the body artist becoming aware of the complaint or condition. 2.11 Body artists shall report all adverse events relating to or suspected of being related to materials used during a body art procedure and its aftercare to the Department and MedWatch, including the name of the artist, client information, description of adverse events, and a complete description of materials involved with lot and/or batch codes if required to seek medical attention. This reporting will help identify outbreaks and identify products with manufacturing defects. A record of this reporting must be maintained with the complaint of injury form in client records.
3. Jewelry Standards
3.1 All jewelry used for initial piercings must meet the following standards: 1. Any and all materials that meet the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and/or the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards for implantation. Examples of these include but are not limited to:
1. steel that is ASTM F138 compliant or ISO 5832-1 compliant, 2. steel that is ISO 10993-6, 10993-10, and/or 10993-11 compliant, 3. unalloyed titanium that is ASTM F67 or ISO 5832-2 compliant,
4. alloyed titanium (Ti6Al4V ELI) that is ASTM F136 compliant or ISO 5832-3 compliant, 5. alloyed titanium (Ti6Al7Nb ELI) that is ASTM F1295 compliant or ISO 5832-11 compliant, and 6. any polymer or plastic material that is ISO 10993-6, 10993-10, and/or 10993- 11 compliant and/or meets the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) Class VI classification. This includes but is not limited to polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) that is ASTM F754 compliant. 2. Solid 14-karat or higher yellow, white, or rose gold that is nickel free and cadmium free. Gold jewelry used for initial piercing may not be: 1. plated, unless using materials approved by this standard over solid 14-karat or higher yellow, white, or rose gold that is nickel and cadmium free, 2. gold filled, or 3. gold overlay/vermeil. 3. Solid unalloyed or alloyed platinum that is nickel free and cadmium free.
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