Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 17 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESSES (§§ 17-1-101 — 17-107-311) › Subtitle 2 - NONMEDICAL PROFESSIONS (§§ 17-10-101 — 17-56-202) › Chapter 26 - COSMETOLOGY AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS (§§ 17-26-101 — 17-26-713) › Subchapter 6 - BODY ART (§§ 17-26-601 — 17-26-613) › Section 17-26-609 - Temporary demonstration license

(a)
The Department of Health may issue a temporary demonstration license to an artist or establishment or to a supplier of materials for body art for:
(1)
Educational purposes where body art is performed;
(2)
Trade shows where body art is performed;
(3)
Demonstrations of body art products or procedures; and
(4)
An appearance as a guest artist.
(b)
A temporary demonstration license shall be valid for no more than fourteen (14) consecutive calendar days.
(c)
(1)
The host of a body art event for an educational purpose, a trade show, a demonstration, or a combination of an educational purpose, a trade show, and a demonstration of body art procedures where body art is performed shall obtain the necessary permits to conduct business in the jurisdiction in which the event will be held, including without limitation a permit issued by the department.
(2)
The department shall collect a nonrefundable host fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per artist who performs body art at an event, not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) per event.
(3)
In addition to the penalties under §
17-26-602
, a host who violates this subsection is subject to closure of the temporary body art event and a penalty not to exceed three (3) times the cost of the permit.
(d)
The department shall levy and collect a nonrefundable fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) from a guest artist for a temporary demonstration license.
(e)
(1)
An application for a temporary demonstration license shall be submitted to the department not less than forty-five (45) days before the event for educational purposes, trade show, or demonstration of body art products and procedures where body art is performed.
(2)
An application for a temporary demonstration license shall be submitted to the department not less than seven (7) days before the appearance of a guest artist.
(3)
An artist shall provide evidence of completion of United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration blood-borne pathogens training with the application.
(f)
(1)
A person applying for a temporary demonstration license to appear as a guest artist shall provide documentation of licensure as an artist in another state or country or employment history in a studio licensed by the regulatory board or agency in another state or country before the temporary demonstration license may be granted.
(2)
The establishment where the guest artist is appearing shall have a licensed body artist on its staff.
(3)
A guest artist may be issued a temporary demonstration license to appear as a guest artist no more than one (1) time every three (3) months.
(g)
A fee levied and collected under this section is special revenue and shall be deposited into the State Treasury, to be credited to the Public Health Fund to be used exclusively for the Body Art Program of the department.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 688,§ 16, eff. 8/1/2023.
Added by Act 2021, No. 900,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021.