2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 4-A - (460 - 466) Regulation of body piercing and tattooing.
460-A - Restrictions on body piercing studios.

 
    §  460-a. Restrictions on body piercing studios. 1. No owner, operator
  or employee of a body piercing studio shall permit body  piercing  on  a
  person  under eighteen years of age unless such person provides the body
  piercing studio with the written consent, in a form  prescribed  by  the
  commissioner,  of  a  parent or legal guardian to use such body piercing
  studio. The parent or legal guardian shall sign such consent form in the
  presence of the owner of the body piercing studio  or  a  body  piercing
  specialist  of  such  studio.  Such  original  written  consent shall be
  retained by the body piercing studio for a period of twelve  months  and
  may  be  retained  off  premises  provided  that  an electronic image or
  facsimile of the original signed consent form is  readily  available  by
  the owner or employee responsible for the operation of the body piercing
  studio.
    2.  A  written  consent  form  signed  by  a  parent or legal guardian
  pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall expire  twelve  months
  from  the  date  it  is signed by the parent or legal guardian. Upon the
  expiration of a written consent form, a new  written  consent  shall  be
  provided  in  the  manner  prescribed in subdivision one of this section
  prior to the use of a body piercing studio by any person under  eighteen
  years of age.
    3.  This  section  shall  be  exclusive and shall preempt any contrary
  local law or ordinance, except that this section shall  not  preempt  or
  supersede   local   laws  or  ordinances  imposing  additional  stricter
  restrictions on the operation of body  piercing  studios  which  are  in
  effect prior to the effective date of this section.