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 1 - General › Rule 15-19-60-11.1.2 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
1.
					 "
Act
" shall mean Sections
					 73-61-1 and 3 et seq. Of
					 Mississippi Code of 1972, annotated.
2. "
Autoclave
" shall mean a
					 steam sterilizer, which operates at a minimum of 250 degrees Fahrenheit (121
					 degrees Celsius) at pressure of at least 15 pounds per square inch for not less
					 than 30 minutes for the purpose of killing all organisms and spores, or other
					 such sterilizing unit as approved by the Department.
3. "
Board
" shall mean the
					 Mississippi State Board of Health.
4. "
Tattoo
",
					 "
tattooed
", "
tattooing
" shall mean any means to make
					 indelible marks or designs on or visible through the skin of a human by
					 puncturing or pricking the skin with a needle or other instrument and inserting
					 ink or other pigments.
5.
					 "
Body Piercing
" shall mean the creation of an opening in any part
					 of the human body, other than the outer perimeter or lobe of the ear, for the
					 purpose of inserting jewelry or other decorative object, or for some other
					 non-medical purpose.
6.
					 "
Department
" shall mean the Mississippi Department of
					 Health.
7. "
Direct on-site
					 supervision
" shall mean face-to-face oversight, at regular intervals, by
					 a tattooist or body piercer registered pursuant to these regulations, who shall
					 be present in the establishment at all times that the provisional registrant is
					 performing a procedure and shall co-sign the consent form for each
					 procedure.
8.
"Direct
					 order"
shall mean when a Physician provides instructions, either
					 verbally or written to the permanent makeup artist regarding patient
					 treatment.
9.
					 "
Establishment
" shall mean a location that has passed inspection
					 by the Department, wherein tattooing and/or body piercing is performed, and to
					 which an individual is registered to perform tattooing and/or body
					 piercing.
10.
"Permanent
					 Makeup"
shall mean a tattoo, whether permanent, semipermanent, or
					 temporary, which includes eyebrows, eyelids, lips, and other parts of the body
					 for beauty marks, hair imitation, lash enhancement, or areola re-pigmentation.
					 This term includes any procedures whether referred to as, without limitation,
					 permanent makeup, micro-derma-pigmentation, micro-pigment implantation,
					 microblading, micro-needling with the use of pigment, derma-graphics, cosmetic
					 tattooing, or any other similar procedures and for the purpose of these
					 Regulations has the same meaning as tattoo.
11. "
Provisional Certificate of
					 Registration
" shall mean the certificate issued by the Department
					 certifying that a particular individual is registered to perform tattooing
					 and/or body piercing at a specific establishment, only under the on-site direct
					 technical supervision of an individual with a "Regular Certificate of
					 Registration."
12. "
Regular
					 Certificate of Registration
" shall mean the certificate issued by the
					 Department certifying that a particular individual is registered to perform
					 tattooing and/or body piercing at a specific establishment.
13.
"Single-Use"
shall mean
					 products or items that are intended for one-time, one-person use and are
					 disposed of after use on each client. This includes, but is not limited to,
					 cotton swabs or balls, tissues or paper products, paper or plastic cups, gauze
					 and sanitary coverings, razors, piercing needles, tattoo needles, scalpel
					 blades, stencils, ink cups, and protective gloves.
14. "
Sterilization
" shall mean
					 sterilization by means of an autoclave.
15.
"Tattoo Convention or Expo"
shall mean the gathering of licensed tattoo artists and/or body piercers who
					 band together to provide services for a limited amount of time at a specific
					 location.
16. "
Work
					 Area
" shall mean the area or section of the establishment in which the
					 tattooing and/or body piercing is performed.
Miss.
						Code Ann. §
												73-61-1 and Miss. Code Ann. §
												73-61-3.