Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 233 - Body Piercing and Tattooing › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 310:233-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Aftercare"
means written instructions given to
				  the client, specific to the body piercing or tattooing procedure(s) rendered,
				  on caring for the body piercing or tattoo and surrounding area.
"Antiseptic"
means an agent that destroys
				  disease-causing microorganisms on human skin or mucosa.
"Apprentice"
means any
				  person who is training under the supervision of a licensed tattoo artist. That
				  person cannot independently perform the work of tattooing. Apprentice also
				  means any person who is training under the supervision of a licensed body
				  piercing artist. That person cannot independently perform the work of body
				  piercing
[21:842.1(D)(6) ].
"Apprentice program"
means an approved body
				  piercing or tattooing training program conducted by an approved sponsor.
"Apprentice sponsor"
means an individual
				  approved by the Department to sponsor a body piercing or tattooing apprentice
				  program.
"Artist"
means
the person who actually
				  performs the body piercing or tattooing procedure
[21:842.1(D)(5)].
"Aseptic technique"
means a hygienic practice
				  which prevents and hinders the direct transfer of microorganisms, regardless of
				  pathogenicity, from one person or place to another person or place.
"Autoclave"
means a piece of medical equipment
				  that employs the steam under pressure method of sterilization.
"Bloodborne pathogen certification"
means a
				  training program that shall contain a general explanation of epidemiology and
				  symptoms of bloodborne diseases.
"Body piercing"
means
a procedure in
				  which an opening is created in a human body solely for the purpose of inserting
				  jewelry or other decoration; provided, however, the term does not include ear
				  piercing
21:842.1(D)(1).
"Body piercing operator"
means any person who owns, controls, operates, conducts, or manages any
				  permanent body piercing establishment, whether actually performing the work of
				  body piercing or not
[21:842.1(C)(3)].
"Church"
means an
				  establishment, other than a private dwelling, where religious services are
				  usually conducted
[21:842.3(C)(3)(b)].
"Client"
means a person requesting the
				  application of a body piercing or tattoo.
"Contaminated waste"
means any liquid or
				  semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials; contaminated items
				  that would release blood or other potentially infectious materials in a liquid
				  or semi-liquid state if compressed; items that are caked with dried blood and
				  other potentially infectious materials, as defined in 29 Code of Federal
				  Regulations Part 1910.1030, known as "Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne
				  Pathogens".
"CPR Certification"
means Cardiopulmonary
				  Resuscitation and shall include instruction for the basic adult CPR
				  training.
"Department"
means the Oklahoma State Department
				  of Health.
"Disinfection"
means the destruction of
				  disease-causing microorganisms on inanimate objects or surfaces, thereby
				  rendering these objects safe for use or handling; a process of reducing the
				  number of microorganisms on cleaned procedure surfaces and equipment to a safe
				  level with germicidal solution as has been approved by the Department.
"Ear piercing"
means puncturing the lobe of the
				  ear not to include cartilage.
"Ear piercing gun"
means a device that pierces
				  an individual's ear lobe using a single-use stud and clasp ear piercing
				  system.
"Equipment"
means 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 body piercing and tattooing procedures.
"First aid certification"
means a training
				  program that includes instruction in injury and acute illness.
"Germicidal solution"
means a cleansing agent
				  that kills disease-causing microorganisms on hard surfaces and is a
				  disinfectant or sanitizer registered with the Environmental Protection
				  Agency.
"Germicidal soap"
means an agent designed for
				  use on the skin that kills disease-causing microorganisms.
"Handwashing facility"
means a sink equipped
				  with hot and cold or tempered running water under pressure, used for washing
				  hands, arms or other portions of the body.
"Hot water"
means water that attains at least
				  100°F.
"Integrator strips"
means strips or devices used
				  in pouches or autoclave chambers that prove the condition of sterilization has
				  been met.
"Jewelry"
means any personal ornament inserted
				  into a newly pierced area.
"License"
means written approval by the
				  Department for an artist to perform body piercing or tattooing or written
				  approval by the Department to operate a body piercing or tattoo establishment.
"Operator"
means:
(A) body piercing operator, which is
any person who
				  owns, controls, operates, conducts, or manages any permanent body piercing
				  establishment, whether actually performing the work of body piercing or not. A
				  mobile unit, including, but not limited to, a mobile home, recreational
				  vehicle, or any other nonpermanent facility, shall not be used as a permanent
				  body piercing establishment
[21 O.S. § 84201(D)(3)]; or
(B) tattoo operator, which is
any person who owns,
				  controls, operates, conducts, or manages any permanent tattooing establishment
				  whether performing the work of tattooing or not, or a temporary location that
				  is a fixed location at which an individual tattoo operator performs tattooing
				  for a specified period of not more than seven (7) days in conjunction with a
				  single event or celebration, where the primary function of the event or
				  celebration is tattooing
[21 O.S. § 84201(D)(4)].
"Procedure surface"
means any part of furniture
				  or fixtures designed to contact the client's body during a body piercing or
				  tattooing procedure or any surface where instruments and equipment have come
				  into contact with the client during the procedure.
"Regulatory authority"
means a representative,
				  such as an onsite inspector, of the Department.
"Sharps"
means any object (sterile or
				  contaminated) that may purposefully or accidentally cut or penetrate the skin
				  or mucosa including, but not limited to, pre-sterilized single use piercing or
				  tattooing needles and razor blades.
"Sharps container"
means a puncture-resistant,
				  leak-proof container that is labeled or color coded that can be closed for
				  disposal.
"Single use"
means products or items that are
				  intended for one-time, one-person use and are disposed of after use on each
				  client including, but not limited to, cotton swabs or balls, tissues or paper
				  products, paper or plastic cups, gauze and sanitary coverings, razors, piercing
				  and tattooing needles and protective gloves.
"Skills challenge"
means a testing mechanism
				  that enables persons who have received training in tattooing and have
				  experience in performing tattooing procedures to challenge the training
				  requirements by satisfactorily completing the written examination.
"Spore test"
means a biological monitoring
				  process in which a third party laboratory culturing service is engaged to
				  monitor spore growth on media processed in an autoclave.
"Statim autoclave"
means a brand of autoclave
				  utilizing the steam flush pressure pulse method of sterilization.
"Sterilization"
means a process resulting in the
				  destruction of all forms of microbial life, including highly resistant
				  bacterial spores.
"Student"
means an individual approved for the
				  curriculum portion of the training program and cannot perform tattoo or body
				  piercing procedures on a human.
"Tattooing"
means the
				  practice of producing an indelible mark or figure on the human body by scarring
				  or inserting a pigment under the skin using needles, scalpels, or other related
				  equipment; provided that medical micropigmentation, performed pursuant to the
				  provisions of the Oklahoma Medical Micropigmentation Regulation Act, shall not
				  be construed to be tattooing
[21:842.1(C)(2)].
"Temporary artist license"
means a person that
				  is not licensed through the State of Oklahoma that is a body piercing artist or
				  tattoo artist doing temporary work at a licensed body piercing or tattoo
				  establishment not to exceed 30 days.
"Ultrasonic cleaning unit"
means a piece of
				  medical equipment utilizing ultrasound energy to thoroughly clean instruments
				  for body piercing or tattooing.
"Universal precautions"
means an approach to
				  infection control that treats all human blood and certain human body fluids as
				  if known to be infectious for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B
				  Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and other bloodborne
				  pathogens.
Added at 16 Ok Reg 1701,
				  eff 3-23-99 (emergency); Added at 16 Ok Reg 2458, eff 6-25-99; Amended at 24 Ok
				  Reg 186, eff 11-1-06 (emergency); Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1928, eff
				  6-25-07