HF677 Summary

• Establishes a comprehensive regulation system for body art establishments and technicians under Minnesota Statutes Chapter 146B, effective July 1, 2010.

• Requires body art establishment licenses issued by the Commissioner of Health and mandates technician licenses for tattoo and body piercing practitioners, with specific training requirements including 200 hours of supervised experience and approved coursework on bloodborne pathogens and infection control.

• Sets health and safety standards for establishments including facility requirements, equipment sterilization procedures, single-use needles, proper waste disposal, and client consent and record-keeping requirements.

• Defines prohibited practices such as tattooing minors without parental consent, performing body art while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and prohibits certain procedures on minors regardless of consent (nipple, genital piercing, branding, scarification, suspension, subdermal implantation, microdermal, and tongue bifurcation).

• Appropriates $190,000 in fiscal year 2011 with base funding of $101,000 in fiscal year 2012 and $65,000 in fiscal year 2013 to the Commissioner of Health for implementation.