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2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 83
BY REPRESENTATIVE MOORE
HEALTH/LDH: Requires the state health officer to require commercial body art facilities
to disclose regulatory status and health risks posed by certain body art products and
services
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2833(A)(6) and (B), relative to commercial body art facilities;
3 to provide for regulations to be promulgated by the state health officer; to provide
4 for the disclosure of health risks of body art; to provide for the disclosure of tattoo
5 ink regulation by the state and federal government; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 40:2833(A)(6) and (B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
9follows:
10 ยง2833. Rules for minimum sanitary and safety standards
11 A. The state health officer shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant
12 to the Administrative Procedure Act, which shall provide for the enforcement of the
13 provisions of this Chapter and which shall also establish minimum sanitary and
14 safety standards for the operation of commercial body art facilities. Minimum
15 standards set shall include but not be limited to all of the following:
16 * * *
17 (6) Procedures for sufficient disclosure prior to the application of body art,
18 including the permanence of each procedure and procedures for obtaining written
19 consent following such disclosure. Procedures for establishing a written consent
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1 form that discloses the health risks and permanence of each procedure. With respect
2 to tattooing services, the written consent shall prominently state whether the ink used
3 is regulated by the state or the United States Food and Drug Administration.
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5 B. Such rules shall be promulgated by the state health officer no later than
6 December 1, 1999. He The state health officer shall implement and enforce all such
7 rules adopted pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 83 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Moore
Abstract: Requires the state health officer to promulgate rules that require commercial
body art facilities to disclose the health risks associated with body art and whether
the state or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulate tattoo ink.
Present law defines commercial body art facilities as facilities that provide tattooing, body
piercing, and permanent make-up.
Present law requires the La. Dept. of Health, through the state health officer, to promulgate
rules and regulations to protect public health and govern commercial body art facilities.
Present law requires the state health officer to promulgate rules that require a minimum
standard for sanitary practices, information tracking, public disclosure of the permanence
of body art, and post-procedure care.
Proposed law retains present law and adds that regulations must require commercial body
art facilities to disclose on their written consent form the status of state and federal
regulation of tattoo ink.
(Amends R.S. 40:2833(A)(6) and (B))
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