8.45.050 Permit requirements.
A. Establishment Permit.
1. No person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, business trust, corporation, or organized group of persons may operate a body art establishment except with a body art establishment permit from the department.
2. Any person operating a body art establishment shall obtain an annual permit from the department. The permit shall not be issued or renewed until the permit applicant/holder demonstrates that the sterilizer used is capable of attaining sterilization by monthly spore destruction tests and by chemical test strips. These tests shall be verified through an independent laboratory. Documentation of the sterilizer’s ability to destroy spores must be received by the department before the permit is issued or renewed. These test records shall be retained by the operator for a period of three years and made available to the department upon request.
3. The applicant shall pay a reasonable fee as set by the department for each body art establishment permit.
4. A permit for a body art establishment shall not be transferable from one place or person to another.
5. A current body art establishment permit shall be posted in a prominent and conspicuous area where it may be readily observed by clients.
6. The holder of a body art establishment permit must only hire operators who have complied with the operator permit requirements of these regulations.
B. Operator Permit.
1. No person shall practice body art procedures without first obtaining an operator permit from the department. Coconino County shall charge a reasonable fee for such permits, as set forth in the fee schedule adopted by Coconino County.
2. The operator permit shall be valid from the date of issuance and shall automatically expire in two years from the date of issuance unless revoked sooner by the department in accordance with SCC 8.45.160.
3. Application for an operator permit shall include:
a. Name;
b. Social Security and driver’s license numbers;
c. Date of birth;
d. Sex;
e. Residence address;
f. Mailing address;
g. Phone number;
h. Place(s) of employment as an operator;
i. Training and/or experience;
j. Proof of attendance at a bloodborne pathogen training program (or equivalent) given or approved by the department;
k. Proof of completion of the hepatitis B vaccination series or a written declination on the form provided by the department.
4. Operator permits may be issued by the department, after satisfaction of the following requirements:
a. Applicant is free of communicable diseases that may be transmitted to a patron:
i. Unless the operator declines in writing on a form provided by the department, before any operator permit may be issued or renewed, the applicant must be immunized against hepatitis B. In the event that such information is not obtained and filed in a timely fashion by any operator, the operator permit may be suspended or revoked in accordance with the procedures set forth in SCC 8.45.160;
ii. The operator must begin the hepatitis B vaccination series prior to being issued an operator permit unless he has previously received the complete hepatitis B vaccination series and can provide documentation to the department, antibody testing has revealed that the operator is immune, the vaccine is contraindicated for medical reasons, or the operator has declined in writing on a form provided by the department;
b. Applicant is a minimum of 18 years of age;
c. Applicant has a minimum of six months’ experience or training as a body art operator in a duly licensed establishment in Arizona or another state with similar licensing standards;
d. Applicant has obtained a score of at least 80 percent on an examination of basic sanitation knowledge pertaining to body art, which will be administered by the department.
5. No operator permit shall be issued unless, following reasonable investigation by the department, the body art operator has demonstrated compliance with the provisions of this section and all other provisions of these regulations.
6. All operator permits shall be conditioned upon continued compliance with the provisions of this section, as well as all applicable provisions of these regulations.
7. All operator permits shall be posted in a prominent and conspicuous area where they may be readily observed by clients.
8. Probationary operator permits may be issued by the department to operators who have met all the requirements of this section, except their prior experience has not been acquired while operating in a duly licensed establishment in Arizona or another state with similar licensing standards to those in Coconino County. Probationary permits shall be valid for six months. Upon completion of all requirements of this section, a regular operator permit will be issued for no additional fee.
C. Temporary Establishment/Operator Permit.
1. Temporary establishment permits and, when required, temporary operator permits may be issued for body art services provided outside of the physical site of a certified facility for the purposes of product demonstration, industry trade shows or education, or for a guest artist demonstrating body art technique at a permitted establishment.
a. Temporary operator and/or establishment permits will not be issued unless:
i. The applicant furnishes proof of compliance with subsections (A) and (B) of this section relating to operator permits;
ii. The applicant is currently affiliated with a fixed location or permanent facility, which, where applicable, is permitted by the appropriate state and/or local jurisdiction; and
iii. The temporary site complies with SCC 8.45.060, Temporary demonstration permit requirements.
b. In lieu of attendance at a bloodborne pathogens training program given by the department within the past year as specified in subsection (B) of this section, the applicant may furnish proof of attendance at equivalent training which is acceptable to the department.
c. Temporary permits expire after seven days or the conclusion of the special event, whichever is less.
d. Temporary operator and/or establishment permit will not be issued unless the applicant has paid a reasonable fee as set by the department.
e. Temporary operator and/or establishment permit shall not be transferable from one place or person to another.
f. Temporary operator and/or establishment permit shall be posted in a prominent and conspicuous area where they may be readily seen by clients.
D. Operator Trainee Permit.
1. A person who is training to become a licensed operator must obtain an operator-trainee permit from the department. Coconino County shall charge a reasonable fee for such permits, as set forth in the fee schedule adopted by Coconino County.
2. The operator trainee permit is valid from the date of issuance and shall automatically expire in one year from the date of issuance, unless revoked sooner by the department in accordance with SCC 8.45.160.
3. Application for an operator trainee permit shall include the information listed in subsection (B)(3) of this section.
4. Operator trainee permits may be issued by the department after satisfaction of the following requirements:
a. Applicant is free of communicable diseases that may be transmitted to a patron:
i. Before any operator trainee permit may be issued, the applicant must be immunized against hepatitis B, unless the applicant declines in writing on a form approved by the department;
ii. The operator trainee must begin the hepatitis B vaccination series prior to being issued an operator permit unless he has previously received the complete hepatitis B vaccination series and can provide documentation to the department, antibody testing has revealed that the operator is immune, the vaccine is contraindicated for medical reasons, or if the applicant has declined in writing on a form approved by the department;
b. Applicant must be at least 18 years of age;
c. Applicant will work under the direct supervision of an operator licensed by the department;
d. Applicant has obtained a score of at least 80 percent on an examination of basic sanitation knowledge pertaining to body art, which will be administered by the department.
5. All operator trainee permits shall be conditioned on continued compliance with the provisions of this section as well as all applicable provisions of these regulations.
6. All operator trainee permits shall be posted in a prominent and conspicuous area where they may be readily observed by the clients. [Code 2006 § 9-5-5].