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Ordinance Addressing Tattoo, Body Piercing, Scarifying & Branding Establishments and Personnel <br />Page 5 <br />"Operatory" means: <br />1. A screened or separated area away from public access and viewing, isolated <br />from a reception or waiting area, when piercings are conducted upon the genital, nipple, or <br />other discretionary part of a person's body; or <br />2. A designated area which is segregated from other business activities or services, <br />when ear piercing services are conducted. The designated area may consist solely of a <br />table, work station, and/or chair independent of any other retail or merchandise activities. <br />"OPIM" means other potentially infectious materials. (See contaminated) <br />"Owner" means and includes every person having ownership, control or custody of any <br />place of business or employment. <br />"Permanent Hole" means a hole produced by piercing or puncturing any part of the <br />human body, with instruments intended to leave an opening in body tissue(s) into which an <br />appropriate device or apparatus may be inserted. Permanent hole would include any bod <br />part newly pierced or punctured which is undergoing a healing process; and ,any piercing <br />whether or not removal of a device or apparatus from the perforation would result in fusing <br />or healing of the tissue or skin structures. <br />"Person" means one or more individuals, legal representatives, partnerships, joint <br />ventures, associations, corporations, business trusts, or any organized group of persons. <br />"Personal Protective Equipment" means specialized clothing or equipment worn for <br />protection against contact with blood or OPIM. <br />"Piercing gun" means ahand-held tool manufactured exclusively for piercing the <br />earlobe, into which studs and clutches are placed and inserted into the earlobe by ahand- <br />squeezed or spring loaded action to create a permanent hole. The tool is made of plastic, <br />stainless steel or other material that is able to be disinfected. <br />"Place or Places of Business" means the name, regular address, and location where <br />the licensee or applicant for license intends to perform any service regulated by this Article. <br />"Practitioner" means the person providing any of the services addressed in this Article <br />for a fee who is required to be licensed. <br />"Premises" means the entire building or structure within which services are performed. <br />"Pre-Service Written Information" means a document written in plain English or the <br />language spoken and read by the client which is required to be given by the place of <br />business to the client to advise him or her of possible reactions, side-effects and potential <br />complications of the tattooing, permanent color, body piercing, body branding, or body <br />scanfying and which must include the date the service was performed, the name of the <br />practitioner, name, address and telephone number of the place of business. <br />"Procedure Room" means the room or area within the premises where tattooing, <br />permanent coloring, body piercing, body branding or body scarifying procedures are <br />conducted. <br />"Program" means the office and staff designated to carry out the daily functions of the <br />services covered by a license issued under this Article. <br />