St. Louis, Springfield, Joplin and Waynesville have ordinances regulating tattooing. Also, Columbia recently passed an ordinance to impose regulations beginning the first of April. Like Russell's bill, Columbia's ordinance requires parental approval for tattooing a minor and prohibits tattooing a person under the influence of alcohol or drugs. That the operators are educated and that the process of tattooing is safe. There is no federal law regulating tattooing.
State regulation varies from state to state.
And we throw away anything that can't be sterilized. Bullock said that when you go to the Apprentice, you work for a master tattoo artist and you learn the techniques of the job, that include the cleaning rules. Regarding to body piercing, most of tattoo establishments treat in a similar way that to the tattooing, but is not regulated yet.