TEXT OF LAW
TITLE 11
Criminal Offenses
CHAPTER 11-21
Hazing
SECTION 11-21-3
§ 11-21-3 Tattooing or permanent disfigurement.
Every person being a student, or being a person in attendance at any public, private, parochial, or military school,
college, or other educational institution, who shall tattoo or knowingly and wilfully permanently disfigure the body, limbs, or features of any fellow student or person
attending such institution by the use of nitrate of silver or any like substance, or by any other means, shall be held guilty of a crime of the degree of mayhem, and shall,
upon conviction, be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than one year.
TITLE 11
Criminal Offenses
CHAPTER 11-9
Children
SECTION 11-9-15
§ 11-9-15 Tattooing of minors.
Every person who shall tattoo any minor under the age of eighteen (18) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be
imprisoned not exceeding one year or be fined not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300). For the purposes of this section "tattooing" shall mean the practice of marking
the skin with indelible patterns or pictures by making punctures and inserting pigments. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the removal of tattoo
markings from the body of any person of whatsoever age.
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