2010 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health And Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health And Safety
Chapter 27 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions
Subchapter 15 - Body Piercing, Branding, and Tattooing
§ 20-27-1501 - Definitions.

20-27-1501. Definitions.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Artist" means any person other than a licensed physician who performs body art on a human;

(2) "Artist in training" means a person who:

(A) Is in training under the supervision of an artist trainer or a physician; and

(B) Shall not independently perform body art;

(3) "Artist trainer" means an artist who:

(A) Is licensed by the Department of Health;

(B) Has worked in a body art establishment licensed by the department for at least three (3) years and been in compliance with department rules governing body artists;

(C) Has completed the course required under 20-27-1506; and

(D) Is a registered instructor with the State Board of Private Career Education;

(4) "Body art" means procedures that include:

(A) Tattooing;

(B) Body piercing;

(C) Branding; or

(D) Permanent cosmetics;

(5) (A) "Body piercing" means the creation of an opening in the body of a human being for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other decoration.

(B) "Body piercing" shall not include piercing an ear with a disposable, single-use stud or solid needle that is applied using a mechanical device to force the needle or stud through the ear;

(6) "Branding" means a permanent mark made on human tissue by burning with a hot iron or other instrument;

(7) "Establishment" means any place or facility:

(A) Where body art is performed; and

(B) That has a body artist licensed in Arkansas on staff;

(8) "Guest artist" means a body artist from a state other than Arkansas or a country other than the United States who holds a license from the body art regulatory board or agency in that state or country;

(9) "Permanent cosmetics" means the application of permanent or semipermanent pigmentation by the penetration of the skin with a needle or instrument to:

(A) The face for cosmetic purposes; or

(B) Any part of the body for scar coverage or other corrective purposes; and

(10) (A) "Tattooing" means any method of placing designs, letters, scrolls, figures, symbols, or any other marks upon or under the skin by introducing pigments or by the production of scars to form indelible marks with the aid of needles or other instruments.

(B) "Tattooing" does not include permanent cosmetics.