Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 144-209-6 - RECORDSA. Permanent records for each patron shall be maintained for not less than two years by the person operating the establishment. Before the body piercing operation begins, the patron shall be required to personally enter on a record form provided by the establishment, the date, his or her name, address, age, picture identification, and his or her signature. Additionally, the body piercer shall obtain the signature of any parent or guardian who is lawfully entitled to grant consent to the body piercing practitioner. The body piercer shall verify the information that is recorded. Such records shall be maintained at the piercing establishment and shall be available at all times for examination upon request.B. The information taken in each patron's medical history and questionnaire, as required in section (4) (L), shall be recorded on the medical history questionnaire formC. Records shall be retained at the establishment by the operator for a period of not less than two (2) years. In the event of a change of ownership or closing of the business, all records shall be made available to the Department. The piercer shall issue a receipt to each patron setting forth the name and address of the establishment, contact number, and the piercer's name and signature.D. A copy of the most recent inspection report shall be maintained at the establishment and the establishment shall post a notice advising patrons that a copy of the most recent inspection report is available for review by interested parties (sample notice is attached).E. All infections resulting from the practice of body piercing which become known to the operator shall be reported to the Department within twenty-four (24) hours by the person owning or operating the body piercing establishment, and the infected client shall be referred to a physician. (Critical)F. The Department has the right during the course of inspection, to photocopy, at the Departments expense, any or all records associated with patrons.10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 209, § 6