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Cal. Health & Safety Code § 119317

Temporary Body Art Facilities

Showing this section's text as in effect on January 1, 2011 (in force January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2013). View current text →

A practitioner may, in the local jurisdiction of registration, practice in a temporary demonstration booth for no more than seven days in a 90-day period. The demonstration booth shall meet all of the following requirements:

(a) Be located within a building that has hand washing facilities with hot and cold running water, soap, and single-use paper towels to which practitioners have direct access.

(b) Constructed with a partition of at least three feet in height separating the procedure area from the public.

(c) Be free of insect or rodent infestation.

(d) Used exclusively for performing body art.

(e) Equipped with adequate light available at the level where the practitioner is performing body art.

(f) Equipped with hand washing equipment that, at a minimum, consists of containerized liquid soap, single-use paper towels, a five-gallon or larger container of potable water accessible via spigot, and a wastewater collection and holding tank of corresponding size. Potable water shall be refilled and the holding tank evacuated at least every four procedures or every four hours, whichever occurs first.

(g) Not allow animals within the confines of the demonstration booth.

(h) Be operating with all necessary permits to conduct business, including, but not limited to, valid permits issued by a local enforcement agency. In addition to the penalties available pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 119320), a sponsor or practitioner who violates this subdivision shall be subject to closure of the temporary body art event and a penalty not to exceed three times the cost of the permit.

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