Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2267 - Office of Tattooing, Body Piercing, and Branding&lt;/ › Chapter 2 - Licensing Requirements › Section 20 CSR 2267-2.010 - Licenses

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment clarifies that an apprentice
				  can practice tattoo, body piercing, and/or branding without a practitioner
				  license. The amendment also adds language regarding verification of licensure,
				  certification, registration, or permit from other states, United States
				  territories, provinces, or countries.
(1) No person shall operate a tattoo
				establishment, body piercing establishment, and/or branding establishment
				unless he or she has obtained a license for the establishment from the
				division. An application for an establishment license shall be notarized and
				accompanied by the appropriate fee. Only one (1) application shall be required
				for any single establishment.
(2)
				No person, other than an apprentice, shall tattoo, body pierce, and/or brand
				another person; use or assume the title of tattooist, body piercer, and/or
				brander; designate or represent themselves to be a tattooist, body piercer,
				and/or brander unless he or she has obtained a license from the division for
				the profession practiced. An application for a practitioner license shall be
				notarized and accompanied by the appropriate fee and evidence of having
				successfully completed the following:
(A) A
				bloodborne pathogen training program (or equivalent) which includes infectious
				disease control; waste disposal; hand-washing techniques; sterilization
				equipment operation and methods; and sanitization, disinfection, and
				sterilization methods and techniques (Example: "Preventing Disease
				Transmission" (American Red Cross) and "Bloodborne Pathogen Training" (U.S.
				OSHA)); and
(B) First aid and
				cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); and
(C) An apprenticeship, which shall include at
				least three hundred (300) documented hours of practical experience that
				includes at a minimum fifty (50) completed procedures in each area that the
				applicant has filed an application for licensure. The documented work shall be
				certified and supervised by a currently licensed Missouri practitioner, a
				currently licensed Missouri professional whose scope of practice includes
				tattooing, body piercing, and/or branding, or by a practitioner who is licensed
				to practice tattooing, body piercing, and/or branding in another state,
				territory, or commonwealth whose requirements for licensure are substantially
				equivalent to the requirements for licensure in Missouri. A supervising
				practitioner shall register a person needing to meet the requirement set forth
				in this subsection by submitting an affidavit acknowledging the supervisory
				relationship on a form prescribed by the office. The affidavit shall be
				submitted by the supervising practitioner within ten (10) business days of
				beginning the supervisory relationship. The supervising practitioner shall be
				present during the entire procedure and shall be licensed in the same field of
				practice in which the applicant has filed a license application. Proof of
				having completed the apprenticeship requirement set forth in this section shall
				be submitted on forms prescribed by the office. The apprentice shall notify the
				office in writing within ten (10) business days of the termination of the
				supervisory relationship; or
(D) In
				lieu of an apprenticeship, an applicant may submit proof that he/she has
				successfully completed a course of study in tattooing, body piercing, and/or
				branding in a school licensed or accredited as a school by any state or federal
				agency. The course of study must have been completed in the same practice area
				that the applicant has applied for a license.
1. The course of study shall consist of at
				least three hundred (300) documented hours of instruction and/or training which
				shall include, at a minimum, instruction in sanitation, equipment handling,
				disease control, skin treatment and/or skin infections, design and/or artistry,
				and clinical practice. Applicants shall submit an official transcript
				demonstrating compliance with the requirements of this section. Official
				transcripts must be mailed directly to the division by the school.
2. A person applying under this subsection
				shall also submit proof of practical experience that includes at least
				twenty-five (25) completed procedures in the same field that the applicant has
				applied for licensure. For purposes of this subsection, proof of practical
				experience may be certified to by a school which meets the requirements of this
				rule or by any person licensed to practice tattooing, branding, or body
				piercing in another state, territory, or commonwealth; or
(E) Alternatively, and in lieu of an
				apprenticeship, an applicant may submit proof or other evidence which verifies
				that he/she has, within the last seven (7) years, practiced for a minimum of
				three (3) years in the same practice area that the applicant has applied for
				licensure. Sufficient proof or evidence may include, but is not limited to:
1. Affidavits from prior employer(s) or
				supervisors;
2. W-2 or 1099 forms;
				or
3. Tax returns verifying
				occupational status.
(F)
				All applicants shall ensure that each state, District of Columbia, United
				States territory, province, or country in which a license, certificate,
				registration, or permit to practice tattooing, body piercing, or branding is
				held or has ever been held to submit verification of licensure, certification,
				registration, or permit directly to the division. The verification shall
				include the license, registration, certification, or permit issued, the number,
				status, issue and expiration dates, information regarding disciplinary action
				and the name and title of the person verifying information with date and board
				seal.