Tenn. Code § 62-38-207

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 62-38-207 - Records - Signed acknowledgement by parent or guardian of minor - Attestations - Instructions
(a)
(1) A record showing the date of a client's visit, the client's name, with the client's signature, address and date of birth, design of the tattoo, its location on the client's body and the name of the tattoo artist who performed the service shall be maintained by tattoo studios for two (2) years.
(2) If tattooing services are provided to a minor pursuant to § 62-38-211, the tattoo artist performing such services shall obtain a signed acknowledgement from the minor's parent or guardian that such parent or guardian has reviewed the statutes contained in this part, and the tattoo studio where such services are performed shall send a copy of both the signed acknowledgement and the record made pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) to the department. The department shall maintain any copy of a record and accompanying signed acknowledgement that it receives pursuant to this subdivision (a)(2) until two (2) years following the eighteenth birthday of the minor who is the subject of the record.
(b) Records shall be entered in ink and shall be made available to the local health department upon request, at a reasonable time, for examination.
(c) Clients receiving a tattoo shall attest to the fact that they are not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
(d) Printed instructions on the care of skin shall be given to each client after tattooing and a copy of the instructions shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the tattoo studio.

T.C.A. § 62-38-207

Acts 1996, ch. 1004, § 8; 2008 , ch. 803, § 1; 2012 , ch. 981, § 3.