§ 5.68.050. Health and sanitary requirements.

Every person who operates a body art establishment and any individual performing body art shall comply with the following requirements:

A.

The room in which body art is done shall have an area of not less than one hundred (100) square feet. The walls, floors and ceilings shall have an impervious, smooth, washable surface, and shall be painted or finished in a light color. Carpeting is prohibited in body art area(s) and toilet room(s).

B.

A toilet must be located in the establishment, and be accessible at all times that the body art establishment is open for business. The lavatories must be supplied with hot and cold running water, soap and single-use towels provided in approved dispensers, and shall be located in all toilet rooms.

C.

A separate, readily accessible handsink, with hot (minimum of one hundred degrees (100°) Fahrenheit) and cold running water, under pressure, equipped with a mixing valve faucet assembly, supplied with liquid soap, and disposable towels must be provided for operations within the body art establishment. One handsink can serve no more than three body artists.

D.

All tables and other equipment must be constructed of easily cleanable material, must be painted or finished in a light color with a smooth, washable finish, and shall be separated from waiting customers or observers by a panel of at least four feet high.

E.

The entire premises and equipment must be maintained in a clean, sanitary condition, and in good repair.

F.

The body artist must scrub their hands thoroughly with soap and water before performing body art procedures; hands must be dried with individual, single-use towels.

G.

Safety razors with a new, single-service blade for each patron, or a straight-edge razor, may be used and shall be thoroughly cleaned and sterilized, as required by the health officer, before use on each patron.

H.

The area on which body art will be applied must first be thoroughly scrubbed with an antiseptic soap for a minimum of two minutes, and an approved sterile preparation used. Contaminated waste materials must be deposited in an easily cleanable covered waste container provided in the area where body art is applied.

I.

Only petroleum jelly in collapsible metal or plastic tubes, or its equivalent as approved by the health officer, shall be used on the area on which body art will be applied, and it shall be applied with sterile gauze.

J.

The use of styptic pencils, alum blocks or other solid styptics to check the flow of blood is prohibited.

K.

Single-service or individual containers of dye or ink shall be used for each patron, and the containers shall be discarded immediately after completing work on a patron; and any dye in which the needles were dipped shall not be used on another patron. Excess dye or ink shall be removed from the skin with an individual, sterile sponge or a disposable paper tissue, which shall be used only on one patron and then immediately discarded. After completing work on any patron, the area shall be washed with sterile gauze, saturated with an antiseptic solution approved by the health officer. The area shall be allowed to dry.

L.

No body artist may work on any patron under the age of eighteen (18) years (proof of age will be required of all patrons), unless the provisions of Wyo. Stat. Section 14-3-107 have been met.

M.

All single use items cannot be used on more than one patron for any reason. After use, all single needles, razors and other sharps must be immediately disposed of in approved sharps containers. All products applied to the skin, including body art stencils, must be single use and disposable. Acetate stencils may be allowed for reuse if sanitation procedures as approved by the health officer are followed. Petroleum jellies, soaps and other products used in the application of stencils must be dispensed and applied on the affected area with sterile gauze or in a manner to prevent contamination of the original container and its contents. The gauze must be used only once and then discarded.

N.

Animals will not be allowed in the body art procedure areas, or the instrument cleaning, sterilization or storage areas. Fish aquariums and/or service animals are allowed in waiting rooms and non-procedural areas.

O.

Unless approved by the health officer, a licensee shall not allow any body artist to provide services, nor shall any body artist provide body art services, if the body artist has any open wounds on their arms or face.

(Ord. No. 3871, § 1, 10-12-09; Ord. 3457 § 1 (part) 2001: 2001 In-house code § 40 ½-5)