2006 New York Code - Licenses, Applications, Procedures And Requirements.

 
    §  17-358  Licenses, applications, procedures and requirements. a. Any
  person intending to engage in the practice of tattooing shall  apply  to
  the commissioner for a tattoo license, in the form and manner prescribed
  by  the commissioner. Such application shall contain such information as
  the  commissioner  deems  reasonable  and  necessary  to  determine  the
  qualifications  for granting a license to the applicant. The application
  shall be subscribed by the  applicant  and  affirmed  under  penalty  of
  perjury.
    b.  Any  person  eighteen  years  of  age  or  older  may apply to the
  commissioner for a license to practice  tattooing.  No  license  may  be
  issued  to  a  person  who has been convicted of criminal tattooing of a
  minor in violation of section 260.21 of the New  York  state  penal  law
  within the year immediately preceding such license application.
    c.  Each  applicant  for  a  tattoo  license shall take an examination
  administered by the department in accordance with rules  promulgated  by
  the   commissioner   regarding  health  issues  relating  to  tattooing,
  including  but  not  limited  to,  infection  control,  utilization   of
  universal  precautions as recommended by the federal centers for disease
  control and prevention and proper methods of waste disposal. The fee for
  such examination shall be established pursuant to rules  promulgated  by
  the   commissioner.   An  application  for  a  tattoo  license  must  be
  accompanied by satisfactory evidence of passing  such  examination.  The
  commissioner  shall issue an informational publication which may be used
  by  applicants  for  a  tattoo  license  in  preparing  to   take   such
  examination.   The   commissioner   shall   update   such  informational
  publication when the commissioner  determines  that  new  health-related
  information or techniques have become available.
    d. The biennial fee for a tattoo license shall be one hundred dollars.