P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 550

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§ 550. Definitions

The following words shall have the following meaning:

(a) Body piercer. — Means the person who performs body piercing, making perforations in human skin, except when such person is a certified surgeon.

(b) Body piercing. — Means the creation of an opening or body perforation on a person with the purpose of inserting jewelry or any other decoration. Body piercing shall not include perforation of an ear with a disposable needle which is inserted by means of the use of a mechanical artifact to force the needle through the ear.

(c) Department. — Shall mean the Puerto Rico Department of Health.

(d) Owner or manager of a body piercing studio. — Shall mean the person who operates or maintains an establishment dedicated to body piercing.

(e) Contagious diseases. — Shall mean any type of disease caused by an infectious agent that can be transmitted directly or indirectly from one person to another.

(f) Body piercing studio. — Means any establishment that has a license issued by the Department of Health to perform body piercing.

(g) Foreign person. — Means a person born outside of Puerto Rico or the United States.

(h) Body piercers registry. — Shall mean the agency of the Department of Health in charge of the Body Piercers Registry and of the body piercing studios authorized under the norms set forth in this chapter.

(i) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of the Department of Health.

(j) Asepsis techniques. — Shall mean those techniques used to prevent infection by inhibiting the development and growth of infectious agents, destroying the microbes that cause them.

History —Feb. 8, 2003, No. 73, § 2, eff. 90 days after Feb. 8, 2003.