2006 Kansas Code - 65-1940

      65-1940.   Licensure of tattooing and body piercing; definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:

      (a)   "Board" means the Kansas state board of cosmetology.

      (b)   "Director" means the executive director of the board.

      (c)   "Department" means the department of health and environment.

      (d)   "Secretary" means the secretary of health and environment.

      (e)   "Licensed permanent color technician and tattoo artist" means a person licensed under this act to practice tattooing or permanent color technology, or both.

      (f)   "Permanent color technician and tattoo artist" means a person who practices tattooing or permanent color technology, or both pursuant to this act.

      (g)   "Body piercing" means puncturing the skin of a person by aid of needles or other instruments designed or used to puncture the skin for the purpose of inserting removable jewelry or other objects through the human body, except puncturing the external part of the human earlobe shall not be included in this definition. This act shall not be construed to authorize a licensed body piercer to implant or embed foreign objects into the human body or otherwise to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery.

      (h)   "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery by the state board of healing arts.

      (i)   "Tattoo" means the indelible mark, figure or decorative design introduced by insertion of nontoxic dyes or pigments into or under the subcutaneous portion of the skin upon the body of a live human being.

      (j)   "Tattooing" means the process by which the skin is marked or colored by insertion of nontoxic dyes or pigments into or under the subcutaneous portion of the skin so as to form indelible marks for cosmetic or figurative purposes.

      (k)   "Tattoo facility" means any room or space or any part thereof where tattooing is practiced or where the business of tattooing is conducted.

      (l)   "Body piercing facility" means any room space, or any part thereof, where body piercing is practiced or where the business of body piercing is conducted.

      (m)   "Permanent color technology" means the process by which the skin is marked or colored by insertion of nontoxic dyes or pigments into or under the subcutaneous portion of the skin so as to form indelible marks for cosmetic or figurative purposes.

      L. 1996, ch. 138, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 193, § 2; May 24.