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§21-842.1.
§21-842.1.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to perform or offer to perform
body piercing on a child under eighteen (18) years of age unless the
parent or legal guardian of such child gives written consent for the
procedure and the parent or legal guardian of the child is present
during the procedure.
B. As used in this section and Section 3 of this act:
1. "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;
2. "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. 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; and
3. "Artist" means the person who actually performs the body piercing
procedure.
C. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any act of a licensed
practitioner of the healing arts performed in the course of such
practitioner's practice.
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