TEXT OF LAW
252.23 Regulation of tattooists.
(1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Tattoo" has the meaning given in s. 948.70 (1) (b).
(b) "Tattoo establishment" means the premises where a tattoo-ist performs tattoos.
(c) "Tattooist" means a person who tattoos another.
(2) DEPARTMENT; DUTY. Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 252.241, the department shall provide uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of tattooists and
uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of tattoo establishments under this section. The department shall inspect a tattoo establishment once before issuing a license
for the tattoo establishment under this section and may make additional inspections that the department determines are necessary.
(3) LICENSE REQUIRED. Except as provided in sub. (5), no person may tattoo or attempt to tattoo another, designate or represent himself or herself as a tattooist or use
or assume the title "tattooist" and no tattoo establishment may be operated unless the person and the establishment are licensed by the department under this sec-tion or
by a local health department that is designated as the department’s agent under s. 252.245.
(4) RULE MAKING. The department shall promulgate all of the following as rules:
(a) Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 252.241, standards and procedures, including fee payment to offset the cost of licensing tattooists and tattoo
establishments, for the annual issuance of licenses as tattooists or as tattoo establishments to applicants under this section.
(b) Standards for the performance of tattoos by a licensed tattooist and for the maintenance of a licensed tattoo establishment, which will promote safe and
adequate care and treatment for individuals who receive tattoos and eliminate or greatly reduce the danger of exposure by these individuals to communicable
disease or infection.
(5) EXCEPTION. This section does not apply to a dentist who is licensed under s. 447.03 (1) or to a physician who tattoos or offers to tattoo a person in the course of the
dentist’s or physician’s professional practice.
History: 1995 a. 468; 1997 a. 191, 237.
252.24 Regulation of body piercing and body– piercing establishments.
(1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Body piercer" means a person who performs body piercing on another.
(b) "Body piercing" means perforating any human body part or human tissue, except an ear, and placing a foreign object in the perforation in order to prevent
the perforation from closing.
(c) "Body–piercing establishment" means the premises where a body piercer performs body piercing.
(2) DEPARTMENT; DUTY. Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 254.241 [252.241], the department shall provide uniform, state-wide licensing and regulation of body
piercers and uniform, state-wide licensing and regulation of body–piercing establishments under this section. The department shall inspect a body–piercing establishment
once before issuing a license for the body–piercing establishment under this section and may make additional inspections that the department determines are necessary.
NOTE: The bracketed language indicates the correct cross–reference. Corrective legislation is pending.
(3) LICENSE REQUIRED. Except as provided in sub. (5), no person may pierce the body of or attempt to pierce the body of another, designate or represent himself or
herself as a body piercer or use or assume the title "body piercer" unless the person is licensed under this section.
(4) RULE MAKING. The department shall promulgate all of the following as rules:
(a) Except as provided in ss. 250.041 and 252.241, standards and procedures, including fee payment to offset the cost of licensing body piercers and body
piercing establishments, for the annual issuance of licenses as body piercers or as body–piercing establishments to applicants under this section.
(b) Standards for the performance of body piercing by a licensed body piercer and for the maintenance of a licensed body–piercing establishment, which will
promote safe and adequate care and treatment for individuals who receive body piercing and eliminate or greatly reduce the danger of exposure by these
individuals to communicable disease or infection.
(5) EXCEPTION. This section does not apply to a dentist who is licensed under s. 447.03 (1) or to a physician who pierces the body of or offers to pierce the body of a
person in the course of the dentist’s or physician’s professional practice.
History: 1995 a. 468; 1997 a. 191, 237.
252.241 Denial, nonrenewal and revocation of license based on tax delinquency.
(1) The department shall require each applicant to provide the department with the applicant’s social security number, if the applicant is an individual, or the applicant’s
federal employer identification number, if the applicant is not an individual, as a condition of issuing or renewing a license under s. 252.23 (2) or (4) (a) or 252.24 (2) or (4)
(a).
(2) The department may not disclose any information received under sub. (1) to any person except to the department of revenue for the sole purpose of requesting
certifications under s. 73.0301.
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