2015 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 4-A - (Public Health) Regulation of body piercing and tattooing.
460 - Definitions.

  460.  Definitions.  As  used  in  this  article, unless the context
  requires otherwise:
1. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of health.
2. "Body piercing" shall mean the piercing of any part  of  the  body,
  except the ear. Such term shall not include tongue-splitting, as defined
  in section four hundred seventy of this chapter.
3.  "Tattoo"  shall  mean  a  mark  on  the body of a person made with
  indelible ink or pigments injected beneath the outer layer of the skin.
4. "Body piercing specialist" shall mean any person who performs  body
  piercing on the body of any other person.
5.  "Tattooist" shall mean any person who applies a tattoo to the body
  of any other person.
6. "Body piercing studio" shall mean any premises in  which  the  body
  piercing specialist conducts such practice.
7.  "Tattoo  studio"  shall  mean  any premises in which the tattooist
  conducts such practice.
8.  "Officer"  shall   mean   the   public   official   with   primary
  responsibility  for  the enforcement of the state sanitary code within a
  county, or within a city with  a  population  of  one  million  or  more
  persons.  For purposes of this title an officer shall have the powers of
  a presiding officer under the state administrative procedure act  within
  a county and shall have the powers of a presiding officer under the city
  administrative  procedures  act  within  a city with a population of one
  million or more persons.
9. "Department" shall mean the department of health.
10. "Single use ink" shall mean a sealed and pre-filled package of ink
  that is only intended for a single use.
11. "Single use needle" shall mean a sealed and sterile package  of  a
  disposable needle.