Or. Admin. Code § 331-900-0100

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 10, October 1, 2024
Section 331-900-0100 - Standard Body Piercing Practice Standards and Prohibitions
(1) Piercing is prohibited:
(a) On a person younger than 18 years of age unless the requirements of OAR 331-900-0130 are met.
(b) On the genital or nipple of a person younger than 18 years of age regardless of parental consent.
(c) On a person's testes, deep shaft (corpus cavernosa), uvula, eyelids and sub-clavicle; horizontal tongue piercings also are prohibited;
(d) On a person who shows signs of being inebriated or appears to be incapacitated by the use of alcohol or drugs; and
(e) On a person with sunburn or other skin diseases or disorders of the skin such as open lesions, rashes, wounds, puncture marks in areas of treatment.
(2) A standard body piercing licensee is prohibited from using an earlobe piercing gun unless a license for earlobe piercing is obtained.
(3) The Office adopts the Association of Professional Piercers 2013 Procedure Manual by reference which must be used by licensees as a standard of care for body piercing best practices. The procedure manual can be located at http://www.safepiercing.org/publications/procedure-manual/ [File Link Not Available]

Or. Admin. Code § 331-900-0100

HLA 16-2011, f. 12-30-11, cert. ef. 1-1-12; HLA 3-2012(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 3-1-12 thru 6-25-12; HLA 10-2012, f. & cert. ef. 6-25-12; HLO 1-2018, amend filed 01/04/2018, effective 1/4/2018

Statutory/Other Authority: 676.615 & 690.390

Statutes/Other Implemented: 690.390