Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 146.001 — DEFINITIONS

HS § 146.001Title 2. HEALTH · Part G. LICENSES AND OTHER REGULATION · Ch. 146. TATTOO AND CERTAIN BODY PIERCING STUDIOS

Statute text

In this chapter:

(1)"Body piercing" means the creation of an opening in an individual's body, other than in an individual's earlobe, to insert jewelry or another decoration. (1-a) "Body piercer" means a person who performs body piercing.

(2)"Body piercing studio" means a facility in which body piercing is performed.

(3)"Tattoo" means the practice of producing an indelible mark or figure on the human body by scarring or inserting a pigment under the skin using needles, scalpels, or other related equipment. The term includes the application of permanent cosmetics.

(4)"Tattooist" means a person who performs tattooing.

(5)"Tattoo studio" means an establishment or facility in which tattooing is performed.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 580, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 936, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 516, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1226, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.