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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1421
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 12, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  tattoo
          studios  and body piercing studios to use single use needles and inks,
          to obtain consent  forms  from  customers  and  to  maintain  customer
          consent forms for a period of not less than seven years
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1.  Section 460 of the public health law is amended by  adding
     2  two new subdivisions 10 and 11 to read as follows:
     3    10. "Single use ink" shall mean a sealed and pre-filled package of ink
     4  that is only intended for a single use.
     5    11.  "Single  use needle" shall mean a sealed and sterile package of a
     6  disposable needle.
     7    § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section  467  to
     8  read as follows:
     9    §  467.  Single  use tattoo and body piercing equipment. 1. All tattoo
    10  studios and body piercing studios must ensure that single use  inks  and
    11  single  use  needles are used in all tattoo and body piercing procedures
    12  performed in such establishments.
    13    2. Prior to a person receiving  a  tattoo  or  body  piercing  from  a
    14  licensed tattooist or body piercing specialist, such person and licensed
    15  tattooist  or  body piercing specialist must sign a form confirming that
    16  the tattooist or body piercing specialist:
    17    a. Presented all single use materials in a sterile and sealed package,
    18  that are to be used during the tattoo or body piercing procedure, to the
    19  person receiving such tattoo or body piercing; and
    20    b. Opened all single use materials that are  to  be  used  during  the
    21  tattoo  or  body  piercing  procedure  including needles, inks and other
    22  instruments in the presence of the person receiving such tattoo or  body
    23  piercing.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00525-01-5
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     1    3. A copy of the consent form shall be given to the person receiving a
     2  tattoo or body piercing. The tattoo studio or body piercing studio shall
     3  retain  a  copy  of  such  consent form for a period not less than seven
     4  years.
     5    §  3.    This  act  shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day
     6  after it shall have become a law.