Section 1200-23-06-.07 - BODY PIERCING TECHNICIAN LICENSING(1) Body Piercing Technician(a) On and after January 1, 2002, no person shall perform a body piercing procedure without being licensed as a body piercing technician.(b) Any applicant for a body piercing technician's license who was not in business in Tennessee or operating in Tennessee prior to January 1, 2002, shall be required to apprentice or train in the profession of body piercing as set out at 1200-23-6-.07(1)(e).(c) In order to obtain a Tennessee license, out-of-state body piercing technicians must show proof of at least two(2) years experience as a professional body piercing technician in another state.(d) For purposes of the above subparagraphs (b) and (c), proof of business or experience may be a copy of a business license, another state's technician's license, tax records, or other similar city, county, state, or federal documents which show the prospective applicant as having been in business or operation. The Commissioner shall have final approval on any and all forms of documentation submitted as evidence or proof.(e) Any individual not meeting the requirements set out at 1200-23-6-.07(1)(b)-(d) above shall be required to apprentice or train in the profession of body piercing. Such training shall be for a minimum of one (1) year under a currently licensed body piercing technician. The apprentice training shall be evidenced by a notarized statement from the licensed body piercing technician performing such training.(2) Each applicant for a body piercing establishment permit (i.e., the body piercing operator) and/or for a body piercing technician license shall undergo a training program before receiving a permit or license. In addition, the body piercing operator must ensure that each apprentice technician shall undergo a training program before beginning apprenticeship. The training shall include at least one of the following: (a) the Alliance of Professional Tattooist course in sterilization;(b) a course approved by the Commissioner in methods and techniques for the proper sterilization of instruments and materials used in body; or(c) present acceptable evidence of having satisfactorily completed an approved course of instruction in sterilization techniques for bloodborne pathogens and methods through a college medical sterilization course.(3) Each applicant for a body piercing establishment permit (i.e., the body piercing operator) and/or for a body piercing technician's license shall be required to take and pass an examination concerning bloodborne pathogens, sterilization techniques and the provisions of T.C.A. Title 62, Chapter 38 before a permit or license shall be issued. In addition, the body piercing operator must ensure that each apprentice technician takes and passes the examination before beginning apprenticeship. Such examination shall be either a written exam prescribed by the Commissioner or documentation of a similar exam given with a course as required in 1200-23-6-.07(2) and approved by the Commissioner.(4) The body piercing technician license shall be issued upon proof that the applicant: (a) met the requirements of 1200-23-6-.07(1);(b) attended a course and passed a written examination, as specified in 1200-23-6-.07(2) and 1200-23-6-.07(3); and(c) submitted an approved application with the appropriate fee.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-23-06-.07
Original rule filed January 28, 2002; effective April 13, 2002.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202 and 62-38-101 et seq.