Las Vegas SIN CITY INK Tattoo & Piercing Shop
Shop Regulations 08/28/2010
 
Tattoo Shop Regulations
By Beau Woodward
Tattoo parlors generally strive to be clean so that customers will come in to get tattoos. A clean tattoo parlor means that it is safer. These are My Sin City Tattoo's general set of guidelines.

Significance

  1. Sterilization is the most important part of giving or getting a tattoo. Regulations dictate what is clean, and ultimately, what is safe. These regulations are to ensure professionalism in the shop, which is good both for tattoo artists and for customers.
Considerations
Building Regulations

  1. My Sin City Tattoo shops must be clean, in good repair, have adequate lighting and ventilation, and provide bathrooms for customers.
Artist Regulations

  1. Artists must adhere to a strict sanitation policy. They are required to wash their hands thoroughly before giving a tattoo, and must wear gloves. You are required to wash your hands with antibacterial soap and put on a fresh pair of gloves. After the gloves go on, he should not touch anything but your skin and his already sterile equipment. If you step away from the sterile environment for any reason: to talk to another customer, answer the phone, operate the cash register, anything, the process should be repeated with a new pair of gloves.
 

  1. There is to be no food, drink, or smoking in the work area. Artists with communicable diseases may not tattoo.
    In order for the tattoo shop to be licensed, all artists working there must complete a health department course on infectious disease treatment, and pass an exam.
 

 Equipment Regulations

  1. All tattooing equipment must either be autoclaved or soaked in a germicidal solution. Ink containers must be for one-time use, and be disposed of after each tattoo, and all inks must be approved. Artists must only use sterilized or disposable razors to shave the customer. It is also recommended that artists use only EPA-approved disinfectants.

6.      It is imperative that My Sin City Tattoo employees use only single use needles. They should be sterile to start off with and disposed of every single time. Above all else, needles should never be used more than once. It's a good idea for tattooists to break and properly dispose of the used needle where the customer can see them. This gives the tattooist a little accountability and incentive to finish the job right while instilling confidence in the facility in the customer. At the very least it's good for business.

  1. The shop must have covered waste containers for used needles and inks, and have special storage cabinets for tattooing equipment that is yet to be used.
Customer Regulations

  1. Customers must be sober, and have signed consent forms. In states where minors may be tattooed, the minor must have signed parental consent forms. Artists must keep records of customers for at least 2 years. Sometime before or after the tattoo process, the artist must orally explain to the customer how to care for the new tattoo.
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