Washington Administrative Code › Title 308 - Licensing, Department of (See also Titles 36, 98 and 196) › Chapter 308-22 - Body art, body piercing, and tattooing rules › Section 308-22-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
For purposes of these rules, the following words and phrases
				have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				otherwise.
"Antiseptic" means an agent that destroys disease-causing
				microorganisms on human skin or mucosa.
"Aseptic technique" means a procedure that prevents
				contamination of any object or person.
"Bloodborne pathogens" means microorganisms that are present in
				human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, but are
				not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human
				immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
"Branding" means inducing a pattern of scar tissue by
				application of a heated material (usually metal) to the skin creating a serious
				burn which eventually results in a scar.
"Cleaning area" means an area, physically separated from all
				work stations or waiting areas, where contaminated tools or equipment are
				sanitized and disinfected.
"Department" means the department of licensing.
"Disinfect" or "disinfection" means the destruction of
				disease-causing microorganisms on inanimate objects or surfaces, thereby
				rendering these objects safe for use or handling.
"Disinfectant" means a substance or solution, registered with
				the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that kills or
				inactivates viruses and pathogenic microorganisms, but not necessarily their
				spores.
"Event license" is a temporary location license to hold a body
				art, body piercing, or tattooing convention or event in the state of
				Washington. Event license holders must meet the same requirements for a
				location license as defined under
				RCW
				18.300.010.
"FDA" means United States Food and Drug Administration.
"Gloves" mean single-use disposable medical grade gloves that
				are FDA approved.
"Hand sanitizer" means an alcohol-based sanitizer with a
				concentration of sixty percent to ninety-five percent ethanol or
				isopropanol.
"Jewelry" means any personal ornament inserted into a newly
				pierced area, which must be made of surgical implant-grade stainless steel,
				solid 14k or 18k white or yellow gold, niobium, titanium, or platinum, or a
				dense, low-porosity plastic, which is free of nicks, scratches, or irregular
				surfaces and has been properly sterilized prior to use.
"Licensee" means a shop, business or individual licensed to
				practice body art, body piercing, or tattooing.
"Mobile unit" is a location license under this chapter where
				the practice of body art, body piercing, or tattooing is conducted in a mobile
				structure. Mobile units must conform to the health and safety standards as
				defined under chapter 18.300 RCW.
"Mucous membranes" line various body cavities that are exposed
				to the external environment and internal organs. They are at several places
				continuous with skin at the: Nostrils, lips, ears, genital area, and anus. The
				sticky, thick fluid secreted by the mucous membranes and glands is termed
				mucus. The term mucous membrane refers to where they are found in the body and
				not every mucous membrane secretes mucus.
"Permanent cosmetics" includes the application of permanent
				eyeliner, eyebrows, lip liner, full lip color, and repigmentation using
				tattooing techniques of placing pigment under the skin. It is a form of
				tattooing.
"Procedure" means a body art, body piercing, and tattooing
				procedure.
"Procedure area" means any surface of an inanimate object that
				contacts the client's skin during a procedure and all surfaces where
				instruments and supplies are placed during a procedure.
"Sanitize" means a procedure that reduces the level of
				microbial contamination so that the item or surface is considered safe.
"Scarification" means altering skin texture by cutting the skin
				and controlling the body's healing process in order to produce wounds, which
				result in permanently raised wheals or bumps known as keloids.
"Sharps" means any objects (sterile or contaminated) that may
				purposefully or accidentally cut or penetrate the skin or mucous membrane
				including, but not limited to, presterilized, single-use needles, scalpel
				blades, and razor blades.
"Sharps container" means a puncture-resistant, leak-proof
				container that can be closed for handling, storage, transportation, and
				disposal and that is labeled with the international biohazard symbol.
"Single use" means products, instruments or items that are
				intended for one-time use and are disposed of after each use including, but not
				limited to, cotton swabs or balls, tissue or paper products, paper or plastic
				cups, gauze and sanitary coverings, razors, needles, scalpel blades, stencils,
				ink cups, and protective gloves.
"Sterilization" means a process that destroys all forms of
				microbial life, including highly resistant bacterial spores.
"Sterilizer" means an apparatus that is registered and listed
				with the FDA for destroying all forms of microbial life, including highly
				resistant bacterial spores.
"Universal precautions" is an approach to infection control as
				defined by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). According to the concept of
				universal precautions, all human blood and certain body fluids are treated as
				if known to be infectious for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B
				virus (HBV) and other bloodborne pathogens.
"Work stations" means the area or room used for the purpose of
				performing body art, body piercing, or tattooing procedures.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  43.24.086,
				  43.24.023, chapter 18.300 RCW, and
				  2009 c 412. 10-14-074, § 308-22-010, filed 7/1/10, effective
				  7/1/10.