SB625 Summary

• Expands Cosmetology Technical Advisory Committee from 7 to 9 members by adding representatives from the permanent/semipermanent cosmetics industry and body art industry.

• Establishes comprehensive licensing and regulatory framework for body art practitioners (tattooing, body piercing, branding, scarification) under Department of Health oversight, including fees, training requirements, and examinations.

• Creates separate regulatory framework for permanent and semipermanent cosmetics artists, requiring 400 clock hours of education for permanent cosmetics and 200 hours for semipermanent cosmetics, with continuing education requirements.

• Prohibits body art and cosmetics procedures on minors under 18 without parental consent and presence; persons under 16 cannot receive most body art except earlobe piercing; separate restrictions apply to paramedical tattooing on those under 13.

• Repeals existing Title 20, Chapter 27, Subchapter 15 regulations for body piercing, branding, and tattooing, consolidating body art regulation under Title 17, Chapter 26.