Assembly Bill A5154

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Regulates body piercing and tattooing of persons under the age of 18

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A5154 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง460-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A4114

2009-A5154 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Regulates body piercing and tattooing of persons under the age of 18; requires written consent of parent or guardian.

2009-A5154 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5154

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BUTLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting body
  piercing and  tattooing  without  parental  or  guardian  consent  for
  persons under the age of eighteen

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
460-a to read as follows:
  S  460-A. RESTRICTIONS ON BODY PIERCING STUDIOS AND TATTOO STUDIOS. 1.
NO OWNER, OPERATOR OR EMPLOYEE OF  A  BODY  PIERCING  STUDIO  OR  TATTOO
STUDIO  SHALL  PERMIT BODY PIERCING OR TATTOOING ON A PERSON UNDER EIGH-
TEEN YEARS OF AGE UNLESS SUCH PERSON PROVIDES THE BODY  PIERCING  STUDIO
OR  TATTOO  STUDIO WITH THE WRITTEN CONSENT, IN A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE
COMMISSIONER, OF A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN TO USE  SUCH  BODY  PIERCING
STUDIO  OR  TATTOO  STUDIO. THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN SHALL SIGN SUCH
CONSENT FORM IN THE PRESENCE OF THE OWNER OF THE BODY PIERCING STUDIO OR
TATTOO STUDIO OR A BODY PIERCING SPECIALIST OR TATTOO SPECIALIST OF SUCH
STUDIO. SUCH ORIGINAL WRITTEN CONSENT SHALL  BE  RETAINED  BY  THE  BODY
PIERCING  STUDIO  OR TATTOO STUDIO FOR A PERIOD OF TWELVE MONTHS AND MAY
BE RETAINED OFF PREMISES PROVIDED THAT AN ELECTRONIC IMAGE OR  FACSIMILE
OF THE ORIGINAL SIGNED CONSENT FORM IS READILY AVAILABLE BY THE OWNER OR
EMPLOYEE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE OPERATION OF THE BODY PIERCING STUDIO OR
TATTOO STUDIO.
  2. A WRITTEN CONSENT FORM SIGNED BY A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN  PURSU-
ANT  TO  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL EXPIRE TWELVE MONTHS FROM
THE DATE IT IS SIGNED BY THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN. UPON THE  EXPIRA-
TION  OF A WRITTEN CONSENT FORM, A NEW WRITTEN CONSENT SHALL BE PROVIDED
IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION PRIOR TO THE
USE OF A BODY PIERCING STUDIO OR TATTOO STUDIO BY ANY PERSON UNDER EIGH-
TEEN YEARS OF AGE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07890-01-9

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