Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-9 - Body Art (Tattoo and Body Piercing) › Section 3701-9-04 - Safety and sanitation standards

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The operator of a body art
				establishment shall ensure that the business complies with the
				following:
(A)
								 The premises shall have an area of at least one
			 hundred square feet. The floor space for each individual performing body art
			 services shall have an area of at least thirty six square feet. These areas
			 shall be adequately spaced, or separated from each other by fixed partitions.
			 Complete privacy shall be available upon a patron's request.
(B)
								 The entire
			 procedure room and all equipment shall be maintained in a clean, sanitary
			 condition and in good repair.
(C)
								 A minimum of at
			 least twenty foot-candles of artificial light at a distance of thirty inches
			 above the floor shall be provided throughout the establishment. A minimum of
			 forty foot-candles of light shall be provided at the level where the body art
			 is being performed. Spotlighting may be used to achieve this required degree of
			 illumination.
(D)
								 All floors directly under equipment used for body art
			 shall have an impervious, smooth, and washable surface.
(E)
								 All tables and
			 other equipment shall be constructed of easily cleanable material, with a
			 smooth finish.
(F)
								 Restroom facilities shall be made available to the
			 body artists and patrons and shall be located within the establishment. The
			 restroom shall be accessible at all times the body art establishment is open
			 for operation. The restroom shall be equipped with a toilet, toilet paper
			 installed in a holder, hand washing sink supplied with hot and cold running
			 water, liquid or granulated soap and single-use towels or mechanical hand
			 dryer. Equipment and supplies used for body art procedures or disinfection and
			 sterilization procedures shall not be stored or utilized within the
			 restroom.
(G)
								 A hand washing sink, with hot and cold running water,
			 liquid or granular soap, and single-use towels or mechanical hand dryer shall
			 be located separate from the restroom and in close proximity of each body
			 artist performing a procedure.
(H)
								 There shall be
			 no overhead or otherwise exposed sewerage lines so as to create a potential
			 hazard to the sanitary environment of the business.
(I)
								 Sufficient and
			 appropriate receptacles shall be provided for the disposal of used gloves,
			 dressings, and other trash. Each receptacle shall have a lid and be kept closed
			 at all times while not in use.
(J)
								 Animals shall
			 not be permitted in the body art establishment. This requirement does not apply
			 to patrol dogs accompanying security or police officers, guide dogs, or other
			 support animals accompanying disabled persons.
(K)
								 Unless medically
			 necessary, no food or drink shall be consumed, contact lenses be handled,
			 cosmetics be applied, personal grooming performed, personal vaporizing
			 (including electronic cigarettes) devices be handled, or other similar
			 activities be conducted in rooms used specifically for body art or
			 sterilization procedures.
(L)
								 All water supplies, waste water disposal systems,
			 solid waste disposal, and infectious waste disposal shall meet requirements of
			 the Ohio environmental protection agency, the Ohio department of health or the
			 local health department, as appropriate.
(M)
								 Persons
			 performing body art services have received appropriate training, as evidenced
			 by:
(1)
									
			 Training to include the following:
(a)
										 Records of completion of courses or seminars in body
			 art offered by authorities recognized by the board of health as qualified to
			 provide such instruction; or
(b)
										 Written
			 statements of attestation by individuals offering body art apprenticeships that
			 the person has received sufficient training of adequate duration to completely
			 perform body art services; or
(c)
										 Other
			 documentation acceptable to the board of health.