{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-146.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 146.008","heading":"ASEPTIC TECHNIQUES.","body":"A person who owns, operates, or maintains a tattoo or body piercing studio and each tattooist or person who performs body piercing who works in the studio or at a temporary location shall take precautions to prevent the spread of infection, including:\n(1) using germicidal soap to clean the hands of the tattooist or person who performs body piercing and the skin area of the client to be tattooed or pierced;\n(2) wearing clean apparel and rubber gloves;\n(3) using sterile tools and equipment as provided by Section 146.011; and\n(4) keeping the tattoo or body piercing studio or temporary location in a sanitary condition.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 580, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 936, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 516, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","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#146.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e5788461b4d0cab94c422fef942987ee94ed7f471088748c23a0ef1c10e600d2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-146.0075","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-146.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}