A.Â
This chapter has been enacted pursuant to the authority granted the
Town by RSA 31:39, I(m), effective July 1, 1985, which allows the
Board of Selectmen to adopt ordinances to regulate tattoo parlors
and RSA 147:1 which allows the Health Officer to make regulations
relating to the public health as in his/her judgment the health and
safety of the people require. These regulations shall take effect
when approved by the Board of Selectmen, recorded by the Town Clerk,
and published in some newspaper, or when copies thereof have been
posted in two or more public places in the Town.
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The purpose of this chapter is to protect the safety, health, and
welfare of the general public and not to protect the personal or property
interests of individuals. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed
to be the making of a promise or the undertaking of a special duty
towards or relationship with any person who gets a tattoo or is body
pierced, nor shall the provision of or failure to provide such licenses
or to undertake particular inspections or types of inspections be
deemed to create a special relationship or duty towards any person
upon which any action in negligence or other tort might be founded.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases
when used herein shall be construed as follows:
As defined in RSA 128:3, whereas the Health Officer shall
be the Secretary and Executive Officer of and, with the Board of Selectmen,
shall constitute the local Board of Health for the Town.
Technique whereby various body parts are pierced and surgical
steel rings or studs are inserted. Body sites may include but may
not be limited to ear, nose, cheek, tongue, navel, forehead, nipples
and genitals.
Any person who actually performs the work of body piercing.
Any room or space where body piercing is practiced or where
the business of body piercing is conducted or any part thereof.
Any person who controls, operates, conducts, or manages any
body piercing establishment, whether actually performing the work
of body piercing or not.
Technique whereby a heated metal form is placed on the skin
for the purpose of inducing permanent scarring in the shape of the
design attached to the end of the branding iron handle.
Inspection report made by the Health Officer or his/her duly
appointed agent prior to issuing a body piercing and/or tattoo establishment
license indicating that the establishment complies with the requirements
of this chapter.
Any disease caused by an infectious agent which may be transmitted
directly or indirectly from one individual to another.
A card or letter valid for one year issued to a tattoo artist
or person performing body piercing by a medical physician, licensed
to practice in New Hampshire or Massachusetts, after satisfactory
tests for tuberculosis and after a satisfactory examination for apparent
communicable diseases, particularly in respect to arms and hands.
The tattooing of permanent makeup onto the face of a client,
to include but not necessarily be limited to eyebrows, eyeliner, lip
liner, lip color, cheek blush, eye shadow and beauty marks.
To mark or color the skin by pricking, scratching, or cutting
in coloring matter so as to form indelible marks or figures or by
the production of scars.
Any person who actually performs the work of tattooing.
Any room or space where tattooing is practiced or where the
business of tattooing is conducted or any part thereof.
Any person who controls, operates, conducts, or manages any
tattoo establishment, whether actually performing the work of tattooing
or not.
Precautionary guidelines issued by the National Centers for
Disease Control (CDC) for use in the prevention of transmission of
infectious diseases from contact with potentially infected body fluids.
Universal precautions apply to blood and other body fluids containing
visible blood. Universal precautions also apply to semen and vaginal
secretions, tissues and body fluids such as cerebrospinal fluid and
pleural fluid. Universal precautions do not apply to feces, nasal
secretions, sputum, tears, urine and vomitus unless they contain visible
blood. Requires the use of but not limited to protective clothing,
goggles, masks and latex gloves.
