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 15-19-60-11.5.6 - Tattoo Procedures

Current through June 25, 2024
No Certificate of Registration shall be issued or renewed
						to any individual, unless the following tattoo procedures are followed:
1. Before beginning any tattoo procedure, the
					 tattooist shall discuss the risks and responsibilities required in the
					 procedure with the client. The tattooist shall also explain aftercare
					 instructions prior to the tattoo procedure. The client shall then fill out and
					 sign a client consent form for the tattoo, indicating that he consents to the
					 procedure, 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 tattooist shall thoroughly wash hands
					 and forearms with antibacterial soap and warm water before and after each
					 procedure. After thorough washing, the hands shall be dried using clean, single
					 use paper towels;
3. The tattooist
					 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 tattooing procedure, the immediate and surrounding area of the
					 skin which is to be tattooed 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;
7. Upon completion of the tattoo procedure,
					 the tattooist shall review the verbal and printed aftercare instructions with
					 the client on the care of the tattoo;
8. If A&D ointment or other lubricant is
					 utilized, it shall be from a collapsible or plastic tube or single-dosage unit,
					 and shall be applied using sanitary procedures;
9. Transfer of Design;
A. Acetate stencil - No acetate stencil shall
					 be used to transfer a design to the skin unless the acetate stencil is first
					 thoroughly cleaned and rinsed in an approved surface disinfectant for at least
					 twenty minutes, dried with a single use sponge, gauze pad or cotton ball(s) and
					 placed in a sanitized package. An approved disinfectant for environmental
					 surfaces and instruments shall mean an FDA approved high-level hospital grade
					 disinfectant such as CIDEX.
B.
					 Paper stencil - If a paper stencil is used to transfer a design to the skin,
					 the paper stencil shall be single use, disposable, and shall be used only once
					 and then discarded.
C. Direct
					 drawing - If the design is drawn directly onto the skin, the design shall be
					 applied with a single use article only, which shall then be
					 discarded.