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Licensing required, when--rulemaking authority.

324.522. 1. No practitioner of tattooing, body piercing or brandingshall practice and no establishment in which tattoos, body piercing orbrandings are applied shall be operated without a license issued by thedirector of the division of professional registration. The license fee foreach practitioner and each establishment shall be established by rule.

2. The director of the division of professional registration shallpromulgate rules and regulations relative to the hygienic practice oftattooing, body piercing and branding, the sanitary operations of tattoo,body piercing and branding establishments, and the educational and trainingrequirements for applicants applying to receive and practitioners desiringto maintain a license to practice any profession that is licensed orregulated under sections 324.520 to 324.526. Such rules and regulationsshall include:

(1) Standards of hygiene to be met and maintained by establishmentsand practitioners in order to receive and maintain a license for thepractice of tattooing, body piercing and branding;

(2) Procedures to be used to grant, revoke or reinstate a license;

(3) Inspection of tattoo, body piercing and branding establishments;and

(4) Any other matter necessary to the administration of this section.

3. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated in sections324.520 to 324.526 shall become effective only if it complies with and issubject to all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable,section 536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, arenonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assemblypursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date or todisapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, thenthe grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted afterAugust 28, 2001, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 1998 H.B. 1601, et al. § 25, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T22 > C324 > 324_522

Licensing required, when--rulemaking authority.

324.522. 1. No practitioner of tattooing, body piercing or brandingshall practice and no establishment in which tattoos, body piercing orbrandings are applied shall be operated without a license issued by thedirector of the division of professional registration. The license fee foreach practitioner and each establishment shall be established by rule.

2. The director of the division of professional registration shallpromulgate rules and regulations relative to the hygienic practice oftattooing, body piercing and branding, the sanitary operations of tattoo,body piercing and branding establishments, and the educational and trainingrequirements for applicants applying to receive and practitioners desiringto maintain a license to practice any profession that is licensed orregulated under sections 324.520 to 324.526. Such rules and regulationsshall include:

(1) Standards of hygiene to be met and maintained by establishmentsand practitioners in order to receive and maintain a license for thepractice of tattooing, body piercing and branding;

(2) Procedures to be used to grant, revoke or reinstate a license;

(3) Inspection of tattoo, body piercing and branding establishments;and

(4) Any other matter necessary to the administration of this section.

3. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated in sections324.520 to 324.526 shall become effective only if it complies with and issubject to all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable,section 536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, arenonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assemblypursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date or todisapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, thenthe grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted afterAugust 28, 2001, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 1998 H.B. 1601, et al. § 25, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T22 > C324 > 324_522

Licensing required, when--rulemaking authority.

324.522. 1. No practitioner of tattooing, body piercing or brandingshall practice and no establishment in which tattoos, body piercing orbrandings are applied shall be operated without a license issued by thedirector of the division of professional registration. The license fee foreach practitioner and each establishment shall be established by rule.

2. The director of the division of professional registration shallpromulgate rules and regulations relative to the hygienic practice oftattooing, body piercing and branding, the sanitary operations of tattoo,body piercing and branding establishments, and the educational and trainingrequirements for applicants applying to receive and practitioners desiringto maintain a license to practice any profession that is licensed orregulated under sections 324.520 to 324.526. Such rules and regulationsshall include:

(1) Standards of hygiene to be met and maintained by establishmentsand practitioners in order to receive and maintain a license for thepractice of tattooing, body piercing and branding;

(2) Procedures to be used to grant, revoke or reinstate a license;

(3) Inspection of tattoo, body piercing and branding establishments;and

(4) Any other matter necessary to the administration of this section.

3. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated in sections324.520 to 324.526 shall become effective only if it complies with and issubject to all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable,section 536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, arenonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assemblypursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date or todisapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, thenthe grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted afterAugust 28, 2001, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 1998 H.B. 1601, et al. § 25, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780)