Tennessee § 62-38-201 - Part definitions.

§ 62-38-201. Part definitions.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Antibacterial solution” means any solution used to retard the growth of bacteria approved for application to human skin and includes all products so labeled; “Client” means any person desiring to receive a tattoo; “Commissioner” means the commissioner of health; “Department” means the department of health; “Disinfectant” means a solution intended to destroy or inactivate specific viruses, bacteria or fungi on inanimate surfaces; “Germicidal solution” means any solution that destroys germs and is so labeled; “License” means the issuance of a license to perform tattooing to any individual, partnership, firm or corporation; “Permit” means the issuance of a permit to a tattoo studio or establishment; “Registration” means license or permit, as applicable; “Sanitary” means clean and free of agents of infection; “Single use” means an item is used one (1) time on one (1) client and then is properly disposed of by appropriate measures; “Sterilization” means holding in an autoclave for fifteen (15) minutes, at fifteen pounds (15 lbs.) pressure and at a temperature of two hundred fifty degrees fahrenheit (250°F) or one hundred twenty-one degrees celsius (121°C); “Tattoo” means any method of placing designs, letters, figures, symbols, cosmetics or any other marks under the skin of a person with ink or color by the aid of needles or instruments; “Tattoo artist” means any person, regardless of age, who engages in the practice/service of tattooing regardless of the type of tattoo or area to be tattooed; “Tattoo artist registration” means the issuance of a state license authorizing the person named therein to engage in the practice/service of tattooing in this state after fulfilling the requirements in this part; “Tattoo operator” means any person who controls, operates, conducts or manages any tattoo studio, whether actually engaging in tattooing or not; “Tattoo studio” means any room or space where tattooing is practiced or where the service of tattooing is conducted; “Tattoo studio certificate” means the issuance of a written permit, issued by the local county health department, to a tattoo studio stating that the studio, after inspection, was found to be in compliance with this part; and “Universal precautions” means that all blood and body fluids are treated as to contain all bloodborne pathogens and taking proper precautions to prevent the spread of any bloodborne pathogens. Acts 1996, ch. 1004, § 2; 1999, ch. 229, §§ 1-3. Attorney General Opinions. An aesthetician licensed by the Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners may not perform microblading and/or microneedling in a cosmetology shop or at a medical spa. A person not licensed by the Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners may perform microneedling only if that person satisfies an exemption found in T.C.A. § 62-4-109 . A person not licensed by the Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners may perform microblading only if that person satisfies an exemption found in T.C.A. § 62-4-109 and either is a licensed tattoo artist under T.C.A. § 62-38-204 or is exempt from tattooing laws and regulations under T.C.A. § 62-38-210(b) . The marks created by microblading constitute a tattoo. An individual may perform microblading only if that person satisfies an exemption found in Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-4-109 and is a licensed tattoo artist under Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-38-204 or is exempt from tattooing laws and regulations under Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-38-210(b) . OAG 17-31, 2017 Tenn. AG LEXIS 30 (4/20/2017).