Tennessee § 62-38-210 - Local regulations superseded — Applicability to physicians and surgeons.
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§ 62-38-210. Local regulations superseded — Applicability to physicians and surgeons.
This part shall supersede all county and local regulations concerning tattooing to give uniformity in compliance within this state. This part does not apply to any physician, surgeon or any person under the supervision of a physician or surgeon who is licensed to practice medicine in this state. The commissioner shall promulgate rules governing implementation of this chapter. Acts 1996, ch. 1004, § 11; 1999, ch. 229, § 9; 2012, ch. 981, § 7. 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).
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