{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-146.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 146.007","heading":"COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER AND RULES.","body":"(a) A person who owns, operates, or maintains a tattoo or body piercing studio or practices tattooing or body piercing at a temporary location shall comply with this chapter, Chapter 431, and rules adopted under this chapter and Chapter 431.\n(b) The department may enforce Chapter 431 in relation to a drug, cosmetic, or device that is used in tattooing and that is not otherwise subject to that chapter as if the drug, cosmetic, or device satisfied the definitions assigned those terms under Section 431.002.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 580, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 936, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 516, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1528, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0446, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE G. LICENSES AND OTHER REGULATION","CHAPTER 146. TATTOO AND CERTAIN BODY PIERCING STUDIOS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.146.htm#146.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"433578975ccf5bde1f74c9c41f33f68f3ef21480637e8f936ca5f688ac21857f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-146.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-146.0075"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}