RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 365 (HB 83) 2024 Regular Session Moore
Existing law defines commercial body art facilities as facilities that provide tattooing, body
piercing, and permanent make-up.
Existing 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.
Existing 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.
New law requires commercial body art facilities to disclose on their
written consent form the status of state and federal regulation of tattoo ink.
New law requires the state health officer to promulgate rules that require commercial body
art facilities to disclose the health risks associated with body art.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 40:2833(A)(6) and (B))