Vermont § 4103 - Director; function; Commissioner of Health; rules

§ 4103. Director; function; Commissioner of Health; rules

• (a) The Director shall administer the requirements of this chapter and shall: (1) Provide general information to applicants for licensure as an operator. (2) Collect fees as provided under this chapter. (3) Explain appeal procedures to licensed operators and applicants and complaint procedures
  to the public. (4) Receive applications for licensure, license applicants pursuant to this chapter, renew
  licenses, and revoke, reinstate, or condition licenses as ordered by an administrative
  law officer. (5) Refer all disciplinary matters to an administrative law officer. (b) The Director, after consultation with the Commissioner of Health, shall adopt rules
  relating to infection control procedures and public health practices to be followed
  in the practice of tattooing, permanent cosmetics, and body piercing in order to protect
  the public from communicable diseases. The Commissioner shall also recommend standards
  of sanitation and sterilization for shops, including standards relating to separate
  areas and equipment for tattooing and body piercing and recommendations on the use
  of ear-piercing guns. (c) The Director may adopt rules necessary to perform the Director’s duties pursuant to
  this chapter. These rules may include: (1) provisions governing tattooist, body piercer, and permanent cosmetologist apprenticeships;
  and (2) requirements for the supervision and temporary licensure of tattoo artists, body piercers,
  permanent cosmetologists, and shops as may be necessary to allow this State to be
  a venue for appropriately regulated special events such as conventions, festivals,
  or professional conferences. (d) The Director may inspect shops used for the practice of tattooing, permanent cosmetics,
  or body piercing. No fee shall be charged for initial inspections under this subsection;
  however, if the Director determines that it is necessary to inspect the same premises
  under the same ownership more than once in any two-year period, a reinspection fee
  of $100.00 may be charged. The Director may waive all or a part of the reinspection
  fee in accordance with criteria established by rule. (Added 1995, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1997, No. 40, § 49(a); 1999, No. 52, § 39; 2001, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. June 13, 2002; 2007, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 35; 2017, No. 48, § 29; 2023, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. June 6, 2024.)