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2024 Alaska Statutes
Title 8. Business and Professions
Chapter 13. Barbers and Hairdressers
Article 3. General Provisions.
Sec. 08.13.217. Tattooing and permanent cosmetic coloring or body piercing on a minor
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AK Stat § 08.13.217 (2024)
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(a) A person may not practice tattooing or permanent cosmetic coloring on a minor.
(b) A person may not practice body piercing on a minor without prior written permission from the minor's parent or legal guardian and the presence of the parent or legal guardian during the body piercing procedure. The person who performs the body piercing shall keep a copy of the written permission on file for at least three years.
(c) A person who with criminal negligence violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. In this subsection, “criminal negligence” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.
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