Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 19 - Bureau of Professional Licensure › Subpart 60 - Professional Licensure › Chapter 11 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE REGISTRATION OF INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING TATTOOING AND INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING BODY PIERCING › Subchapter 5 - Establishment › Rule 15-19-60-11.5.7 - Body Piercing Procedure

Current through June 25, 2024
No Certificate of Registration shall be issued or renewed
						to any individual, unless the following piercing procedures are
						followed:
1. Before beginning any body
					 piercing procedure, the body piercer shall discuss the risks and
					 responsibilities required in the piercing with the client. The body piercer
					 shall also explain aftercare instructions prior to the performance of the
					 piercing. The client shall then fill out and sign a client consent form for the
					 body piercing, indicating that he consents to the body piercing, understands
					 the risks, understands the aftercare requirements, and has received written
					 aftercare instructions. The original of the client consent form, along with a
					 photocopy of a government-issued identification, shall be retained at the
					 establishment as required in these regulations;
2. The body piercer shall thoroughly wash
					 hands and forearms with antibacterial soap and warm water before and after each
					 procedure. After thoroughly washing, the hands shall be dried using clean,
					 single use paper towels;
3. The
					 body piercer shall wear new, clean, single use, disposable sanitary latex
					 examination gloves, or other type gloves approved by the Department, for every
					 client during the procedure. If a glove is pierced, torn, or contaminated by
					 coming into contact with any other person or non- clean surface, both gloves
					 must be properly removed and discarded. Hands shall be washed prior to donning
					 a new pair of disposable examination gloves. Gloves shall be discarded after
					 the completion of each procedure on an individual client. Under no
					 circumstances shall a pair of gloves be used on more than one person. The use
					 of disposable gloves does not preclude the need for, or substitute for, the
					 hand washing procedure;
4.
					 Immediately before the procedure is to begin, the work procedure area shall be
					 wiped down with a product classified by the United States Environmental
					 Protection Agency (EPA) as a hospital disinfectant without label claim for
					 tuberculocidal activity (low level disinfection) or greater and covered with an
					 uncontaminated paper towel or tray cover. All instruments and supplies needed
					 for the procedure shall then be arranged on the paper;
5. Before beginning the piercing procedure,
					 the immediate and surrounding area of the skin which is to be pierced shall be
					 washed with an EPA- approved antiseptic solution, applied with a clean, single
					 use paper product;
6. If shaving is
					 necessary, single use disposable razors shall be used and discarded. Following
					 shaving, the skin and surrounding area shall be washed with an EPA-approved
					 antiseptic solution, applied with a clean, single use paper product. Upon
					 completion of the procedure, the body piercer shall review the verbal and
					 printed aftercare instructions with the client on the care of the body
					 opening;
7. Gloves shall be worn
					 when cleaning blood spills; and
8.
					 A piercing gun may only be used on the outer perimeter or lobe of the ear and
					 may not be used on any other part of the body.
Miss.
						Code Ann. §
												73-61-1 and Miss. Code Ann. §
												73-61-3.