Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-28 - TATTOOING › Section 64E-28.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Alcohol-based hand sanitizer - An
				antimicrobial skin sanitizer which contains a minimum concentration of at least
				60% alcohol.
(2) Aseptic technique
				- Practices used by a tattoo artist to prevent cross contamination.
(3) Compromised package - A wet, torn, or
				stained package.
(4) Contaminated -
				means the presence of disease-causing organisms on inanimate objects or
				surfaces.
(5) Cross contamination -
				The act of spreading disease-causing organisms from one surface to
				another.
(6) Department - The
				Department of Health and its representative county health
				departments.
(7) Disinfect - The
				use of a product registered with the United States Environmental Protection
				Agency (USEPA) as a tuberculocidal disinfectant which results in the reduction
				in the number of disease-causing organisms on objects or surfaces, thereby
				rendering them safe for handling and use.
(8) Equipment - All machinery, including
				fixtures, containers, vessels, tools, devices, implements, furniture, display
				and storage areas, sinks and all other apparatus and appurtenances used in
				connection with the operation of a tattoo establishment.
(9) Fixed - Incapable of being
				moved.
(10) Government-issued photo
				identification - A document issued by a state, federal, or foreign government
				containing the photo of the person it is identifying.
(11) Inactive license - A tattoo
				establishment or artist license which has not been renewed on or before the
				date of expiration.
(12)
				Instruments - Hand pieces and other tools that may come in contact with a
				customer's body or be exposed to body fluids during tattooing
				procedures.
(13) Minor - An
				individual who is less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(14) Person - Any individual, partnership,
				corporation, association, or public body.
(15) Registered business name - The name, as
				registered with the Department of State, under which a tattoo establishment
				operates.
(16) Registered agent for
				service of process - A person, as registered with the Department of State,
				authorized by a tattoo establishment to receive legal notices for the
				establishment.
(17) Single-use -
				means products or items that are intended for one-time, one-person use and are
				disposed of after use on each customer, such as cotton swabs or balls, gauze
				pads, tissues or paper products, sanitary coverings, razors, instruments that
				pierce the skin, and protective gloves.
(18) Spore strip - A device used to monitor
				the sterilization process in a steam autoclave to ensure destruction of
Geobacillus stearothermophilus
spores.
(19) Sterilization - The use of a steam
				autoclave to destroy all forms of microbial life, including spores.
(20) Tattoo artist - A tattoo artist as
				defined in Section  381.00771, F.S., including an
				artist who performs cosmetic tattooing.
(21) Unobstructed access - A situation where
				an artist can wash their hands and return to the tattooing area without
				recontaminating their hands by handling an object such as a door
				knob.
Rulemaking Authority
					 381.00789 FS. Law Implemented
					 381.00789
					 FS.
New 9-5-12.