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TN Code § 62-32-323 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 32 - Fire Protection and Alarm Systems|Part 3 - Alarm Contractors Licensing Act of 1991|§ 62-32-323. Fund of the State Board of Alarm Contractors

  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all moneys collected pursuant to this part shall be deposited in the state treasury in a separate fund to be known as the fund of the state board of alarm contractors.   Disbursements from the fund shall be made solely for the purpose of defraying expenses incurred in the implementation and enforcement of this part.   Any part of the fund of the state board of alarm contractors remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be carried forward until expended in accordance with this part.
TN Code § 62-32-324 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 32 - Fire Protection and Alarm Systems|Part 3 - Alarm Contractors Licensing Act of 1991|§ 62-32-324. Alarm Verification

  All persons licensed to monitor alarms in this state shall employ alarm verification for all burglar alarm signals except for hold-up alarms.   Notwithstanding § 62-32-303 or any other law to the contrary, no monitoring company or its representative shall be required to perform an alarm verification prior to requesting law enforcement to be dispatched to a pharmacy.
TN Code § 62-32-325 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 32 - Fire Protection and Alarm Systems|Part 3 - Alarm Contractors Licensing Act of 1991|§ 62-32-325. Automatic Renewal Clauses — Cancellation During Automatic Renewal Period

  A contract having an automatic renewal clause between an alarm systems contractor and any homeowner or renter for the provision of alarm services may automatically be renewed for a period not to exceed one (1) year at a time. Any waiver of the renewal limitation period included in the contract shall be void as contrary to public policy.   At any time during an automatic renewal period provided by contract in accordance with subsection (a), a party to the contract who is being relocated to a hospital, nursing home or assisted living facility may cancel the contract by giving thirty (30) days' written notice to the alarms system contractor.
TN Code § 62-38-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 62-38-201. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Antibacterial solution” means any solution used to retard the growth of bacteria approved for application to human skin and includes all products so labeled;   “Client” means any person desiring to receive a tattoo;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of health;   “Department” means the department of health;   “Disinfectant” means a solution intended to destroy or inactivate specific viruses, bacteria or fungi on inanimate surfaces;   “Germicidal solution” means any solution that destroys germs and is so labeled;   “License” means the issuance of a license to perform tattooing to any individual, partnership, firm or corporation;   “Permit” means the issuance of a permit to a tattoo studio or establishment;   “Registration” means license or permit, as applicable;   “Sanitary” means clean and free of agents of infection;   “Single use” means an item is used one (1) time on one (1) client and then is properly disposed of by appropriate measures;   “Sterilization” means holding in an autoclave for fifteen (15) minutes, at fifteen pounds (15 lbs.) pressure and at a temperature of two hundred fifty degrees fahrenheit (250°F) or one hundred twenty-one degrees celsius (121°C);   “Tattoo” means any method of placing designs, letters, figures, symbols, cosmetics or any other marks under the skin of a person with ink or color by the aid of needles or instruments;   “Tattoo artist” means any person, regardless of age, who engages in the practice/service of tattooing regardless of the type of tattoo or area to be tattooed;   “Tattoo artist registration” means the issuance of a state license authorizing the person named therein to engage in the practice/service of tattooing in this state after fulfilling the requirements in this part;   “Tattoo operator” means any person who controls, operates, conducts or manages any tattoo studio, whether actually engaging in tattooing or not;   “Tattoo studio” means any room or space where tattooing is practiced or where the service of tattooing is conducted;   “Tattoo studio certificate” means the issuance of a written permit, issued by the local county health department, to a tattoo studio stating that the studio, after inspection, was found to be in compliance with this part; and   “Universal precautions” means that all blood and body fluids are treated as to contain all bloodborne pathogens and taking proper precautions to prevent the spread of any bloodborne pathogens.
TN Code § 62-38-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 62-38-203. Inspections — Work Areas — Premises and Equipment

  Before a permit to operate a tattoo establishment is granted, the local health department or its duly authorized agent shall inspect the premises in which the business is to be conducted. If the condition of the premises or its equipment does not conform to the requirements of this part, the local health department shall refuse to issue a permit. If the tattoo establishment conforms to the requirements of this part, the local health department or its duly authorized agent shall issue the permit requested.   Each studio where tattoos are administered shall provide a work area separate from any observers present. No smoking or eating shall take place in the tattoo work area. Clients shall be tattooed only while in the tattoo work area.   Adequate restroom facilities for clients and operators shall be provided within each studio.   A sink with hot and cold running water for handwashing and sterilization, other than a bathroom sink, shall be provided. Sinks shall be equipped with an antibacterial solution and single use towels.   All waste products shall be disposed of in accordance with universal precaution guidelines. All needles or other sharp instruments shall be segregated from other wastes and placed in an approved sharps container.   All furniture and fixtures necessary to the practice of tattooing shall be provided and constructed to ensure adequate cleaning and sanitation. Adequate lighting and ventilation shall be provided in the tattoo studio. Equipment necessary to provide for proper aseptic techniques and sterilization shall be provided, including an autoclave in good repair. Floors, ceilings, walls and restrooms shall be maintained in a sanitary condition. The studio and equipment shall be maintained in good repair and the premises shall be kept clean, neat and free of litter and rubbish.
TN Code § 62-38-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 62-38-205. Temporary Locations

  A registered tattoo business may set up at temporary locations other than a tattoo studio, e.g., tattoo conventions, with the written approval of the local health department, for a period not to exceed ten (10) days; provided, that each artist not previously registered with the department of health shall register and pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) to the department.   Temporary facilities, e.g., tattoo conventions, shall be held to the same sanitary standards as those required of tattoo studios. Temporary facility permits shall be issued by the local health department, to include:  An area where tattooing can be performed in a limited access location;   Adequate sterilization equipment supplied;   Waste receptacles and sharps containers supplied;   Individual containers of water for each client in single use rinse cups; and   Disinfectant sprays at each tattoo artist's work area.     A temporary tattoo artist registration may be issued for no more than fourteen (14) days. The holder of the studio certificate shall also sign for the temporary license from the department of health and all tattooing shall be under the auspices of the studio certificate holder and in compliance with this part. Artists may apply tattoos if a copy of the state application and a receipt for the fifty dollar ($50.00) fee is on display at the studio. The sterilization course, written examination and work experience shall be waived for the temporary permit. A temporary license is not transferable nor may it be renewed.
TN Code § 62-38-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 62-38-206. Posting Studio Certificate Permit and Copy of Statutes

  It is the duty of the owner or operator of a tattoo establishment to post the current studio certificate permit in a conspicuous place where it may be readily observed by the public.   It is the duty of the owner or operator of a tattoo establishment to post a copy of the statutes contained in this part in a conspicuous place where it may be readily observed by the public.
TN Code § 62-38-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 62-38-207. Records — Signed Acknowledgement by Parent or Guardian of Minor — Attestations — Instructions

   A record showing the date of a client's visit, the client's name, with the client's signature, address and date of birth, design of the tattoo, its location on the client's body and the name of the tattoo artist who performed the service shall be maintained by tattoo studios for two (2) years.   If tattooing services are provided to a minor pursuant to § 62-38-211, the tattoo artist performing such services shall obtain a signed acknowledgement from the minor's parent or guardian that such parent or guardian has reviewed the statutes contained in this part, and the tattoo studio where such services are performed shall send a copy of both the signed acknowledgement and the record made pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) to the department. The department shall maintain any copy of a record and accompanying signed acknowledgement that it receives pursuant to this subdivision (a)(2) until two (2) years following the eighteenth birthday of the minor who is the subject of the record.     Records shall be entered in ink and shall be made available to the local health department upon request, at a reasonable time, for examination.   Clients receiving a tattoo shall attest to the fact that they are not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.   Printed instructions on the care of skin shall be given to each client after tattooing and a copy of the instructions shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the tattoo studio.
TN Code § 62-38-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 62-38-208. Violation for Operating Without a Permit or With a Revoked or Suspended Permit

  Any person who does not obtain a permit as required in § 62-38-202 or whose permit has been revoked or suspended and who continues to tattoo or operate a tattoo establishment commits a Class B misdemeanor punishable only by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500).   Any suspension or revocation may be appealed to the local health officer who shall then conduct a hearing of the appeal in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. The decision made by the local health officer concerning the appeal may be appealed to the commissioner, the appeal to the commissioner being limited to the issue of determining whether a material error of law was made at the hearing level.   The department is encouraged to utilize its existing resources to collaborate with local law enforcement to identify and assess administrative penalties against persons who violate this part.
TN Code § 62-38-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 62-38-209. Hygiene — Equipment — Bandaging, Removal of Tattoos

  Each tattoo artist shall use a single use lap cloth.   Each tattoo artist shall thoroughly wash the tattoo artists's hands with an antibacterial solution and hot running water prior to and after administering any tattoo.   Disposable, latex examination gloves shall be worn by a tattoo artist at all times while administering any tattoo. Gloves shall be changed and properly disposed of each time there is an interruption in the application of a tattoo or whenever their ability to function as a barrier is compromised.   Only single use supplies or sterilized equipment may be used to apply a tattoo and shall be disposed of after each tattoo. This subsection (d) includes single use disposable razors, single use towels or wipes, lubricants from a collapsible tube and single use paper stencils or plastic stencils soaked in a germicidal solution. If the design is drawn directly onto the skin, it shall be applied only with a single use article. Dyes or pigments should be manufactured for the sole purpose of tattooing. Single use or individual portions of dye and ink pots or trays shall be used. After tattooing, single use items, dyes and containers shall be discarded and the tattoo area disinfected.   All tubes and needles should be sealed for individual client use in autoclave bags with an autoclave indicator and date of sterilization clearly visible. Autoclave bags may be stored for use for up to one (1) year. Autoclave sterilization minimum standards shall mean holding in an autoclave for twenty (20) minutes, at fifteen pounds (15 lbs.) pressure, at a temperature of two hundred sixty degrees fahrenheit (260° F.) or one hundred twenty-seven degrees celsius (127° C). After tattooing, used nondisposable instruments such as tubes shall be kept in a separate, puncture resistant container until properly cleaned, disinfected and sterilized using universal precautions and recognized medical methods.   Each tattoo shall be bandaged, when applicable, before leaving the tattoo studio.   No tattoo artist shall remove or attempt to remove any tattoo.
TN Code § 62-38-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 62-38-210. Local Regulations Superseded — Applicability to Physicians and Surgeons

  This part shall supersede all county and local regulations concerning tattooing to give uniformity in compliance within this state.   This part does not apply to any physician, surgeon or any person under the supervision of a physician or surgeon who is licensed to practice medicine in this state.   The commissioner shall promulgate rules governing implementation of this chapter.
TN Code § 62-38-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 62-38-211. Tattoos for Persons Under 18 Years of Age — Reporting Tattooing of Minors — Tattoos to Cover Up Existing Tattoos for Minors 16 Years of Age or Older — False Statements of Age or Exhibiting False Identification by Minors for Purpose of Obtaining Tattoos

  Except as provided in subsection (c), it is a Class A misdemeanor to tattoo a person under eighteen (18) years of age.    Any parent, legal guardian, teacher or medical provider or school resource officer for a minor under eighteen (18) years of age, who discovers that a minor has been tattooed is encouraged to report such discovery to the department within three (3) weekdays of making such discovery. Any report made pursuant to this subdivision (b)(1) shall be accompanied by the following information, to the extent that such information is known to the person making the report:  The name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address of the minor's parent or legal guardian; and   The name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address of the person who tattooed the minor.     Within fourteen (14) days of receiving a report that is made pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), which report includes the name and mailing address of the parent or legal guardian of the minor who is the subject of the report, the department shall provide to the minor's parent or legal guardian, by first class United States mail, a written acknowledgement of receipt of the report.   The department shall establish by rule a process whereby the reports that are required by this subsection (b) may be made by telephone. The department is authorized to establish by rule processes whereby the reports that are required by this subsection (b) may be made in person or by mail, email or other means of communication.      With the written consent of the parent or legal guardian, a minor sixteen (16) years of age or older may be tattooed to cover up an existing tattoo. A parent or legal guardian must present proof of guardianship or custody of the minor, an acknowledgement of receipt of a report provided pursuant to subdivision (b)(2), and must be present during the procedure.   For purposes of subdivision (c)(1), “proof of guardianship or custody” includes a copy of an order of guardianship, a decree for custody, a birth certificate or any other form of proof of guardianship or custody that is permitted by rule of the department of health.     Any person under eighteen (18) years of age who knowingly makes a false statement or exhibits false identification to the effect that the person is eighteen (18) years of age or older to any person providing tattoo services licensed or permitted under this part for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining the same commits delinquent acts taken through juvenile courts and the person shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and not less than twenty (20) hours of community service work, which fine or penalty shall not be suspended or waived.
TN Code § 62-38-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 2 - General Provisions|§ 62-38-212. Possession of Tattoo Paraphernalia

  For the purposes of this section, “tattoo paraphernalia” includes, but is not limited to, any equipment, design patterns or needles used or intended for use in tattooing, whether professionally made or homemade, with the intent to permanently mark or color the skin with any pigment, ink, or dye that leaves a visible scar on the skin.    Except when used or possessed with the intent to use by a person licensed under this part, it is unlawful for any person to use, or to possess with intent to use, tattoo paraphernalia.   Any person who violates this subsection (b) commits a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 62-38-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 3 - Body Piercing|§ 62-38-302. License Required — Sanitation and Sterilization Compliance Required

 No person shall perform a body piercing procedure without a license and in a manner that does not meet the standards for appropriate disinfecting and sterilization of invasive equipment used in performing the procedures established by this part and the rules adopted pursuant to this part.
TN Code § 62-38-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 3 - Body Piercing|§ 62-38-303. Permit Required

  To receive approval to offer body piercing services, a business must obtain a permit and demonstrate to the commissioner the ability to meet the requirements established by this part and the rules adopted pursuant to this part for safe performance of the body piercing procedures, training of the individuals who perform the procedures and maintenance of the required records.   No person shall operate a business that offers body piercing services unless the commissioner has approved the business pursuant to this part. No person shall perform a body piercing procedure in a way that does not meet the safety and sanitation standards established pursuant to this part.
TN Code § 62-38-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 3 - Body Piercing|§ 62-38-304. Inspections

 The commissioner shall conduct at least one (1) inspection of a business prior to issuing a permit under this part for a business to offer and perform body piercing services. The commissioner may conduct additional inspections as necessary for the approval process relative to each business. The commissioner may inspect an approved business at any time the commissioner deems necessary. In an inspection, the commissioner shall be given access to the premises of the business and to all records deemed relevant by the commissioner for the inspection.
TN Code § 62-38-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 3 - Body Piercing|§ 62-38-306. Age Restrictions — Required Records — Penalty for Violations

   Unless consent has been given in accordance with § 62-38-305, no individual who is under age eighteen (18) shall obtain or attempt to obtain a body piercing procedure.   No individual shall knowingly show or give false information concerning the individual's name, age or emancipation.      No individual shall knowingly show or give any false information as to the name, age or other identification of an individual who is under age eighteen (18) for the purpose of obtaining for the individual under age eighteen (18) a body piercing procedure.   No individual shall impersonate the parent, legal guardian or legal custodian of an individual who is under age eighteen (18) for the purpose of obtaining for the individual under age eighteen (18) a body piercing procedure.   The operator shall require proof of age for any patron under the age of twenty-seven (27) and the operator shall retain a copy of the patron's proof of age documentation in the files of the business for a period of two (2) years from the time of the body piercing.     It is a Class C misdemeanor for a violation of subdivision (b)(2) by an individual over the age of seventeen (17) who impersonates a parent, legal guardian or legal custodian.
TN Code § 62-38-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 38 - Tattoos and Body Piercing|Part 3 - Body Piercing|§ 62-38-307. Continuing Requirements of Body Piercing Business

 Each operator of a business that offers body piercing services shall do all of the following:   Maintain procedures for ensuring that the technicians who perform body piercing procedures are adequately trained to perform the procedures properly;   Comply with the safety and sanitation requirements for preventing transmission of infectious diseases;   Require the technicians who perform body piercing procedures to disinfect and sterilize all invasive equipment or parts of equipment used in performing the procedures; and   Ensure that weekly tests of the business's heat sterilization devices are performed that indicate whether the devices are killing microorganisms. The operator shall maintain documentation that the weekly tests are being performed, as well as the results of each test.