{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-146.016","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 146.016","heading":"INSPECTIONS.","body":"(a) The department shall inspect a tattoo or body piercing studio to determine if the studio complies with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter.\n(b) A person who owns, operates, or maintains a tattoo or body piercing studio shall allow inspection of the studio by the department at any time the studio is in operation.\n(c) The department shall inform the person who owns, operates, or maintains a tattoo or body piercing studio of any violation discovered by the department under this section and shall give the person a reasonable period in which to take necessary corrective action.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 580, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 936, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 516, Sec. 15, 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#146.016","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"fbd40077ea25a61a340ff1458888ecae81dd159f00fbfe6af747c60f8ca75418","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-146.015","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-146.017"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}