§ 9.04.120. Body piercing procedures.

Body piercers shall:

A.

Set up equipment in front of client;

B.

Packages containing sterile equipment will be opened in front of client;

C.

Jewelry contaminated with only airborne pathogens (not previously worn or contaminated) shall be disinfected with a nonhazardous hard-surface disinfectant approved by the E.P.A.;

D.

All jewelry must be for single-use on only one person, and shall not be reused on another client;

E.

All needles used in piercing must be presterilized, used on only one person, in one sitting, for single piercing and immediately disposed of in a medical sharps container;

F.

Piercers shall use pre-sterilized disposable equipment when possible. For equipment that is not disposable, such as surgical steel forceps, autoclaving and ultrasonic cleaning is required.

(C.O.98-140 § 1 (part))