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' 4 <br />: _ <br />. � <br />= , - - , <br />- � ; <br />. - .. . �:If'�%/i'�i'�J1��,�/� I/� ..'/���' . r� ;.,�/ .. �.fri +!. '`ii • )i4il��li.r:SN�;; - - � i <br />. . _ '_-- . _ ' -: . �. . " �. =� - ' <br />. ___-_-" � '__ I"' ___ - '' :: -' " .:. -' .-.i...� <br />Richfield City Code 630.17, Subd. 1(a) <br />(Rev. 1997) <br />(a) Lavatory requiremc;nt. Every place ��here tattooing, body piercing, body branding or body painting <br />is practiced shall be equippcci �vith an adequate and conveniently located toilet room and hand lavatory for the <br />accommodation of emplo��ces ai�d patro��s. The hand lavatory shall be supplied with hot and cold running water <br />under pressure; shall be 11111I1t111]�CI in good repair st all times; and shall be kept in a clean and sanitary <br />condition. Toilet fixtures and seats sliall be of a s�iitary open front design and readily cleanable. Easily <br />cleanable, covered rece�tacfes shall be provided for waste materials. Every lavatory facility shall be provided <br />with an adequate supply of haud cle�nsing compound aud singe-service sanitary towels or hand-drying devices. <br />(b) Skin infection. No persou l�aving auy sl<in infcction or other diseases of the skin shall be tattooed, <br />pierced, branded or painted. <br />(c) Sterilizatiou and disposal of bio-l�azzrdous materials. All needles and razor blades and other <br />equipment used for piercing, branding or puncturiug shall be individually pre-packaged, pre-sterilized and <br />disposable. No such equipment shall be used on more than one customer. All bio-hazardous waste shall be <br />disposed of in accordai�cc �vith law, �nd disposal procedures sl�all be approved by the health officer. Approved <br />sterilizing solutions and methods may be used for tl�e purpose �of sterilizing instruments other than needles and <br />razor blades when such sterilizing solutions and methods are approved by the department of public safety or <br />their designee. , <br />(d) Skin preparation procedures. Tl�e follo�ving procedures shall be used for skin preparation: <br />(1) Each operator shall �vasli their hauds thoroughly witl� soap and water following the hand washing <br />procedures �s approved b�� the departmcnt of public safety and then dry them with a clean towel <br />before and al-ter eacl� catlooing, brancling, piercing or painting. Operators with skin infections of <br />the hand shall not perform an}� i1ttOO1114�;, body piercing, body branding or body painting services. <br />(2) Whenever it is necess�ry to sliave tl�e skin, pre-packaged, pre-sterilized, disposable, razor blades <br />shall be used. <br />(3) The skin area to be tatlooed, picrced, branded or painted shall be thoroughly cleaned with <br />germicidal soa��, rinsed tl�orouglily witl� �vater, and sterilized with an antiseptic solution approved <br />by the departmcnt of pub(ic safety. Oiily single-service towels and wipes shall be used in the skin <br />cleaning process. <br />(4) After tattooing, piercin� or branding, a sterile dressing must be applied to the tattooed, pierced or <br />branded arc.i. <br />(e) Operating fiu�iiiture. All tables, chairs, furniture, or area on which a patron receives a tattoo, any <br />body piercing, body brauding or bod�� painting sh�ll be covered by single-service disposable paper or clean <br />linens, or in the alternative, the tablc, clizir, or furnitur� on which the patron receives a tattoo, body piercing, <br />body branding or body painting shall be impervious to moisture and shall be properly sanitized after each tattoo, <br />body piercing, body brancfin� or body paintin�. <br />(fl Towels. Eveiy operator sl�all provicle single-service towels or wipes for each customer or person <br />and such towels or wipes sl�all be stored aud disposed of in a manner accepta.ble to the department of public <br />safety. <br />