Bill Text: NY S01421 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-08-14 - SIGNED CHAP.230 [S01421 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01421-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1421
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   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    S 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section  467  to
    8  read as follows:
    9    S  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
       S. 1421                             2
    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    S  3.    This  act  shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day
    6  after it shall have become a law.
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