{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-1942","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 65-1942","heading":"Same; prohibited acts; penalty.","body":"(a) No person shall:\n(1) Sell, barter or offer to sell or barter a license;\n(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;\n(3) alter materially a license with fraudulent intent;\n(4) use or attempt to use as a valid license a license which has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited or materially altered; or\n(5) willfully make a false, material statement in an application for licensure or for renewal of a license.\n(b) A violation of subsection (a), and amendments thereto, is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.\n(c) No person shall:\n(1) Produce an indelible mark or figure on the body of another by scarring using scalpels or other related equipment;\n(2) produce an indelible mark or figure on the body of another by branding using a hot iron or other instrument; or\n(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.\n(d) A violation of any of the prohibitions in subsection (c) is a class A misdemeanor.","path":["Chapter 65.—PUBLIC HEALTH","Article 19.—LICENSURE OF ENTITIES BY STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch65/065_019_0042.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:23:36Z","sha256":"0c9dcacbce07e425422bff855a44ed37a609d1fe8350f1785f59f12751f245de","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-1941","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-65-1943"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}