K.S.A. 65-1942: Same; prohibited acts; penalty.

(a) No person shall:

(1) Sell, barter or offer to sell or barter a license;

(2) purchase or procure by barter a license with intent to use it as evidence of the person's qualification to practice tattooing, cosmetic tattooing or body piercing;

(3) alter materially a license with fraudulent intent;

(4) use or attempt to use as a valid license a license which has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited or materially altered; or

(5) willfully make a false, material statement in an application for licensure or for renewal of a license.

(b) A violation of subsection (a), and amendments thereto, is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.

(c) No person shall:

(1) Produce an indelible mark or figure on the body of another by scarring using scalpels or other related equipment;

(2) produce an indelible mark or figure on the body of another by branding using a hot iron or other instrument; or

(3) use any other instrument other than a needle, as defined in K.S.A. 65-1940, and amendments thereto, for the purpose of tattooing, cosmetic tattooing or body piercing.

(d) A violation of any of the prohibitions in subsection (c) is a class A misdemeanor.