“Aftercare” means written instructions given to the client, specific to the body art procedure(s) rendered, about caring for the body art and surrounding area, including information about when to seek medical treatment, if necessary.

“Applicant” means any person or entity that applies to the Department for a body art establishment permit.

“Apprentice” means a person learning the trade of tattooing or piercing.

“Autoclave” means an apparatus for sterilization utilizing steam pressure at a specific temperature over a period of time.

“Autoclaving” means a process which results in the destruction of all forms of microbial life, including highly resistant spores, by the use of an autoclave for a minimum of 30 minutes at 20 pounds of pressure (PSI) at a temperature of 270 degrees Fahrenheit.

“Bloodborne pathogens standard” means OSHA Guidelines contained in 29 CFR 1910.1030 entitled “Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens.”

“Body art” means the practice of physical body art adorned by permitted establishments and practitioners using, including, but not limited to, the following techniques: body piercing, tattooing, cosmetic tattooing, branding, and scarification. This definition does not include practices that are considered medical procedures by the Indiana Medical Association or by another regulatory body.

“Body art establishment” (or “establishment”) means a location, place or business that has been granted a permit by the Department, where the practices of body art are performed, whether or not for profit.

“Body art establishment permit” means the Department’s approval in writing to operate a body art establishment.

“Body art practitioner” (or “practitioner”) means a specifically identified individual who has been granted a permit by the Department to perform body art in an establishment that has been permitted.

“Body art practitioner permit” means the Department’s approval in writing to operate as a body art practitioner within a body art establishment.

“Braiding” means the cutting of strips of skin of a person, which strips are then to be intertwined with one another and placed onto such person so as to cause or allow the incised and interwoven strips of skin to heal in such intertwined condition.

“Branding” means inducing a pattern of scar tissue by use of a heated material (usually metal) to the skin, making a serious burn, which eventually becomes a scar.

“Cleaning area” means the areas in a body art establishment used in the sterilization, sanitation or other cleaning of instruments or other equipment used for the practice of body art.

“Client” means a member of the public who requests a body art procedure at a body art establishment.

“Contaminated waste” means as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1030, which generally includes any liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious material; contaminated items that would release blood or other potentially infectious material; contaminated items that would release blood or other potentially infectious material in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed; items on which there is dried blood or other potentially infectious material and which are capable of releasing these materials during handling; sharps and any wastes containing blood, or other potentially infectious materials.

“Cosmetic tattooing” (also known as “permanent cosmetics,” “micro-pigment,” “implantation” or “dermal pigmentation”), means the implantation of permanent pigment around the eyes, lips and cheeks of the face and hair imitation.

“Critical item” means any violation noted by the inspector which can contribute to an increase in the potential for illness. Critical items confer a high risk for infection if they are contaminated with any microorganism.

“Department” means the Jasper County Health Department or its agents, and, where explicitly referenced, the Indiana Department of Health per 410 IAC 1-5-7.

“Disinfectant” means a product registered as a disinfectant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

“Disinfection” means the destruction of disease-causing microorganisms on inanimate objects or surfaces, thereby rendering these objects safe for use or handling.

“Ear piercing” means the puncturing of the lobe of the ear with a pre-sterilized single-use stud-and-clasp ear-piercing system following the manufacturer’s instructions.

“Equipment” means all machinery, including fixtures, containers, vessels, tools, devices, implements, furniture, display and storage areas, sink, and all other apparatus and appurtenances used in connection with the operation of a body art establishment.

“Exposure” means an event whereby there is an eye, mouth or other mucus membrane, non-intact skin or parenteral contact with the blood or body fluids of another person or contact of an eye, mouth or other mucous membrane, non-intact skin or parenteral contact with other potentially infectious matter.

“Hand sink” means a lavatory equipped with hot and cold running water under pressure, used solely for washing hands, arms, or other portions of the body.

“Health Officer” means the Jasper County Health Officer or the Health Officer’s designee.

“Hot water” means water that attains and maintains a temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

“Instruments used for body art” means hand pieces, needles, needle bars, and other instruments that may come in contact with a client’s body or may be exposed to bodily fluids during any body art procedure.

“Invasive” means entry into the client’s body either by incision or insertion of any instruments into or through the skin or mucosa, or by any other means intended to puncture, break, or otherwise compromise the skin or mucosa. Procedures such as dermal anchors, which do not fully pierce the skin, are not considered invasive as long as the location on the body is not considered high risk.

“Jewelry” means any ornament inserted into a pierced area and 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.

“Light colored” means a light reflective value of 70 percent or greater.

“Minor” means any person under the age of 18 years.

“Mobile body art establishment” means a mobile establishment or unit that is self-propelled or otherwise moveable from place to place and is self-sufficient for utilities such as gas, water, electricity and liquid waste disposal.

“Person” means an individual, any form of business or social organization or any other nongovernmental legal entity, including but not limited to corporations, partnerships, limited-liability companies, associates, trusts or unincorporated organizations.

“Physician” means an individual licensed as a qualified physician by the Indiana Medical Licensing Board.

“Procedures surface” means any surface of an inanimate object that contacts the client’s unclothed skin during a body art procedure, skin preparation of the area adjacent to and including the body art procedure, or any associated work area.

“Sanitary” means clean and free of agents of infection or disease.

“Sanitize” means the process of reducing the number of microorganisms that are on a properly cleaned surface to a safe level. A safe level is defined as a 99.999 percent reduction of the number of disease microorganisms that are of public health importance.

“Scarification” means altering skin texture by cutting the skin and controlling the body’s healing process in order to produce wounds, which results in permanently raised wheals or bumps known as keloids.

“Sharps” means any object, sterile or contaminated, that may intentionally or accidentally cut or penetrate the skin or mucosa, including, but not limited to, needle devices, lancets, scalpel blades, razor blades, and broken glass.

“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 items” means products or items that are intended for one-time, one-person use and are disposed of after use on each client, including, but not limited to, cotton swabs or balls, tissues or paper products, paper or plastic cups, gauze and sanitary coverings, razors, piercings needles, scalpel blades, stencils, ink cups, and protective gloves.

“Tattooing” means any method of placing a tattoo, as defined in 410 IAC 1-5-19, upon or under the skin.

“Temporary body art establishments” means a mobile establishment or unit that is self-propelled or otherwise movable from place to place and is self-sufficient for utilities such as gas, water, electricity, and liquid waste disposal.

“Temporary practitioner” (or “guest artist”) means any person who obtains a practitioner permit that will expire 14 days after the date of issue.

“Three dimensional (or ‘3D’) body art” (or “beading” or “implantation”) means the form of body art consisting of or requiring the placement, injection or insertion of an object, device or other thing made of matters such as steel, titanium, rubber, latex, plastic, glass or other materials, beneath the surface of the skin of a person. This term does not include body piercing.

“Ultrasonic cleaning unit” means a unit approved by the Department, physically large enough to fully submerge instruments in liquid, which removes all foreign matter from the instruments by means of high frequency oscillations transmitted through the contained liquid.

“Work area” (or “work station”) means the actual area where a tattoo is being applied, including work surfaces and all sterile equipment being utilized during the application of a tattoo. [Ord. 09-06-22 § 1.]