North Carolina Tattoo Laws
- Tattooing:Inserting a permanent mark or coloration on human or animal skin.
- Prohibited Practice:No one can do practice without permission from Department. Licensed physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants under the licensed physician supervision, are granted from this requirement.
- Application:To obtain the permission for tattooing operation/working, a person must apply to the Department. After application, department goes through the procedures by local health department, like inspecting the premises, instruments, equipments, utensils. This is required to determine whether the applicant meets the needs for tattooing set by the Commissioner. If he meets, the department will give permission to the applicant. Validity period for this is one year and must be renewed annually.
- Violations:If an applicant does not meet the requirements stated by the Commissioner, department may refuse the permission for a tattooing. In case of any violation, department may refuse, suspend or revoke a permit.
- Limitation:A tattooist does not authorize to remove a tattoo from body parts.
Compliance with this Part is not a bar to prosecution for a violation of G.S. 14- 400.(1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 670, s. 1.)
Definition
- Blood and Body Fluid Precautions: Infection control methods where human blood and blood fluid treated like it will be infectious for HIV, HBV and other infections.
- Department: Authorized unit for health, environment and natural resources.
- Sharps: small, thin device used for piecing including needles, razor blades, scalpels etc.
- Sterilize: A physical or chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resstant bacterial endospores.
- Tattooing: As defined in G.S. 130A-283.
- Tattoo Artist: A person who doing tattooing.
- Tattoo Establishment: Where tattooing business is conducted.
§ 14-400. Tattooing; body piercing prohibited
- It is against the law for any person to tattoo any part of body of the person under the age of 18 years. The person violating this rule shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
- It is against the law for any person to pierce any part of the body other than ears of another person under the age of 18 years. There must be permission from minors guardian or parents otherwise the person violating this rule shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
[Amended by Laws 1969, c. 1224, § 8; Laws 1971, c. 1231, § 1; Laws 1993, c. 539, § 269, eff. Oct. 1, 1994; Laws 1994, (1st Ex. Sess.), c. 24, § 14(c), eff. March 26, 1994; S.L. 1998-30, § 9, eff. Dec. 1, 1998. ]
Historical And Statutory Notes
Laws 1993, c. 539, § 1359, provides:
"This act becomes effective October 1, 1994, and applies to offenses occurring on or after that date. Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions."
[Amended by Laws 1994, Ex.Sess., c. 24, § 14(c), eff. March 26, 1994.]
