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2001 SESSION
HB 1823 Tattooing and body piercing.
Introduced by: Harvey B. Morgan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Tattooing and body piercing. Provides additional protections for the public health and safety vis-a-vis tattooing and body piercing. This bill revises the authority of local governments to regulate tattoo parlors and body-piercing salons by adding specification of procedures for enforcement of compliance with disease control and disclosure requirements and requiring those localities that choose to regulate tattoo parlors and body-piercing salons to authorize unannounced inspections by appropriate personnel. In addition, the current criminal prohibition against tattooing or body piercing of minors without consent is expanded to any client unless the person performing the tattooing or body piercing complies with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines for "Universal Blood and Body Fluid Precautions" and provides the client with the proper disclosure. Also, the definition of tattoo is expanded to include permanent make-up or permanent jewelry. The disclosure requirements are that: (i) tattooing and body piercing are invasive procedures in which the skin is penetrated by a foreign object; (ii) if proper sterilization and antiseptic procedures are not followed by tattoo artists and body piercers, there is a risk of transmission of bloodborne pathogens and other infections, including, but not limited to, human immunodeficiency viruses and hepatitis B or C viruses; (iii) tattooing and body piercing may cause allergic reactions in persons sensitive to dyes or metals used in ornamentation; and (iv) tattooing and body piercing may involve discomfort or pain for which appropriate anesthesia cannot be legally made available by the person performing the tattoo or body piercing unless such person holds the appropriate license from a Virginia health regulatory board. This bill incorporates HB 2300.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/01 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/03/01 014126856 pdf
- 01/26/01 House: Printed as engrossed 014126856-E pdf
- 02/22/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1823ER) pdf
- 03/19/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0270) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/01 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/03/01 014126856
- 01/10/01 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/19/01 House: Reported from C. C. T. with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/01 House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
- 01/22/01 House: Rereferred to Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/23/01 House: Reported from C. C. T. with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/01 House: Read first time
- 01/26/01 House: Read second time
- 01/26/01 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/26/01 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 01/26/01 House: Printed as engrossed 014126856-E
- 01/29/01 House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/01 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/01 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/30/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/30/01 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/13/01 Senate: Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/01 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/01 Senate: Read third time
- 02/15/01 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/01 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/01 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/01 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1823ER)
- 02/23/01 House: Enrolled
- 02/26/01 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/01 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/15/01 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 270 (effective 7/1/01)
- 03/19/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0270)