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Body Piercing Statute Section Tameka McSpadden - Updated December 20, Piercing enthusiasts in Florida who love body art often decide to become professional piercing artists. The problem that many potential piercing artists encounter is the lack of available information on their trade. Some do not realize that becoming a piercing artist in Florida requires a bit more than spending time at the local tattoo and piercing parlor. Start your apprenticeship.
Before you start the process necessary to become a piercing artist in Florida you should first apprenticeship yourself to a reputable professional. Take your time researching local piercing artists before approaching one about becoming an apprentice.
Have a list of several artists prepared in the event that your first choice or two are not able to take on an apprentice. Once you start your apprenticeship be prepared to do a lot of grunt work around the shop or parlor.
Attend training courses. The state of Florida requires all piercing operators to be trained in basic infection control procedures. However, the department may use only a single method of enforcement for each violation.
Such rules may include sanitation practices, sterilization requirements and procedures, patient record content requirements, personnel record retention requirements, patient notification requirements and procedures, physical plant requirements, light requirements, and enforcement procedures. Properly sterilize all instruments that pierce the skin, directly aid in piercing the skin, or may come in contact with instruments that pierce the skin, through such means as storage in trays with other instruments or contact with forceps, in accordance with the sterilization procedures in this section.
Sanitize all equipment indirectly used in body piercing, including any beds, tables, headrests, armrests, legrests, or handrails. Use protective infection barriers such as gloves and masks when serving a customer. If the protective barriers are contaminated, they must be properly disposed of immediately. Protective barriers may only be used once and only for one customer.
To the degree possible, thoroughly cleanse the area to be pierced with an antiseptic solution before and after the piercing. Use only jewelry that is made of implant grade high-quality stainless steel, solid gold of at least 14K weight, niobium, titanium, platinum, a dense, low-porosity plastic, or silver and that is free of nicks, scratches, or irregular surfaces.
Provide each customer with written instructions on the proper care of the pierced area so as to prevent infection. Report any injury or any complaint of injury to the department on forms prescribed by the department and provide a copy of the report to the complainant. There must be a sterilization indicator in each autoclaving to monitor the sterilization procedure.
Contaminated instruments must be sterilized in the following manner: a. The contaminated instruments must be thoroughly cleansed with an antiseptic solution, according to the instructions for the antiseptic solution, and hot water.
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