{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-842.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-842.3","heading":"Rules to be promulgated by State Board of Health - City","body":"or county regulations - Licensing - Fines.\n\nA. All body piercing operators, tattoo operators and artists\n\nshall be prohibited from performing body piercing or tattooing\n\nunless licensed in the appropriate category by the State Department\n\nof Health. The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules\n\nregulating body piercing and tattooing which shall include, but not\n\nbe limited to:\n\n1. Artist temporary and permanent licensure;\n\n2. Facility operator temporary and permanent licensure;\n\n3. Body piercing and tattoo facility requirements;\n\n4. Equipment setup and requirements;\n\n5. Procedures for sanitary body piercing and tattooing;\n\n6. Forms to be completed prior to performing body piercing and\n\ntattooing including, but not limited to, applications and parental\n\nconsent forms;\n\n7. Hand washing and general health;\n\n8. Body piercing and tattoo site preparation and application;\n\n9. Procedure following body piercing and tattoo application;\n\n10. Limits and prohibitions concerning body piercing and\n\ntattooing;\n\n11. Facility inspection documents including, but not limited\n\nto, equipment inspection;\n\n12. Administrative fines structure; and\n\n13. Education and training.\n\nB. A city or county may adopt any regulations that do not\n\nconflict with, or are more comprehensive than, the provisions of\n\nthis section or with the rules promulgated by the Department. This\n\nsection does not limit the ability of a city or county to require an\n\napplicant to obtain any further business licenses or permits that\n\nthe city or county deems appropriate.\n\nC. A body piercing or tattoo operator applying for license\n\nrenewal or for a new license to perform at an existing body piercing\n\nor tattoo place of business shall pay a certification fee\n\nestablished by the Department by rule.\n\nD. A body piercing or tattoo operator applying for a new\n\nlicense shall publish notice of the license application one time in\n\na newspaper of general circulation nearest to the proposed location\n\nof the body piercing or tattoo business most likely to give notice\n\nto interested citizens of the county, city, and community in which\n\nthe application proposes to engage in business. The publication\n\nshall identify the exact location at which the proposed business is\n\nto be operated. The required notice shall not apply to license\n\nrenewals unless the application for license renewal lists a\n\ndifferent location than the original or current license location.\n\nE. The State Department of Health has authority to enforce the\n\nprovisions of this section and regulations promulgated pursuant\n\nhereto. The Department may enforce by one or both of the following\n\nmeans:\n\n1. Notifying the district attorney, of any relevant county, of\n\na violation of Section 842.1 of this title or rules promulgated\n\npursuant thereto and, in addition to any criminal penalty imposed,\n\nthe Department may impose an administrative fine not to exceed Five\n\nThousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per violation per day, and may suspend,\n\nrevoke, or deny the license of the establishment, or may impose both\n\nsuch administrative fine and suspension, revocation, or denial for\n\nany such violation;\n\n2. Whenever it shall appear that any person is engaged or about\n\nto engage in any acts or practices which constitutes or will\n\nconstitute a violation of the provisions of Section 842.1 of this\n\ntitle, or of any rule, or order thereunder, the Department, the\n\nAttorney General, or the district attorney of any relevant county\n\nmay bring an action in the relevant district court or in Oklahoma\n\nCounty to enjoin such acts or practices and to enforce compliance\n\nwith this act or any rule, order, or temporary or permanent\n\ninjunction shall be granted without bond. The Department, the\n\nAttorney General, and the district attorney shall transmit such\n\nevidence as may be available concerning such acts or practices or\n\nconcerning apparent violations of this act to the district attorney\nOklahoma\n\nCounty to enjoin such acts or practices and to enforce compliance\n\nwith this act or any rule, order, or temporary or permanent\n\ninjunction shall be granted without bond. The Department, the\n\nAttorney General, and the district attorney shall transmit such\n\nevidence as may be available concerning such acts or practices or\n\nconcerning apparent violations of this act to the district attorney\n\nfor Oklahoma County, who, in their discretion, may institute\n\nappropriate criminal proceedings.","path":["OK Code","Title 21"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"43991d30462669dab494705558e1a6a37b9bd282d070b3c1201956289ba9d4ca","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-842.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-843"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}