Salt Lake Valley Health Department
Health Regulation
#19
BODY ART FACILITIES
REGULATION
Adopted by the Salt Lake Valley Board of Health
September 2, 1982
Revised
November 2, 2006
Under Authority of Section 26A-1-114
Utah Code Annotated, 1953, as amended
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1. PURPOSE & APPLICABILITY OF REGULATION
1.1. The purpose of this regulation is to set forth permitting procedures and requirements for
the maintenance and operation of body art facilities that will protect and promote the
public health, safety, and welfare, and prevent the spread of disease.
1.2. This regulation applies to individuals performing or receiving body art procedures. This
regulation shall not apply to physicians licensed by the State of Utah using body art
procedures in the practice of medicine. This regulation shall also not apply to
individuals who pierce only the lobe of the ear with a pre-sterilized single-use stud-and-
clasp ear-piercing system. Individuals who use ear-piercing systems must conform to
the manufacturers’ directions on use and applicable U.S. Food and Drug Administration
requirements. The Department retains authority to investigate consumer complaints
relating to alleged misuse or improper disinfection of ear-piercing systems.
2. DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this regulation the following terms, phrases and words shall have the
meaning herein expressed.
2.1. “Aftercare instruction” shall mean written instruction given to the patron about caring
for the body art and surrounding area. Aftercare instruction shall be specific as to the
procedure rendered and shall inform the patron regarding normal healing after a body art
procedure and shall not discourage the patron from consulting a physician when the
body art is healing abnormally.
2.2. “Antiseptic” shall mean an agent that destroys or inhibits disease-causing micro-
organisms on human skin or mucosa.
2.3. “Board of Health” shall mean the Salt Lake Valley Board of Health.
2.4. “Bod