44:12:01:11.  Required equipment for tattoo and saline tattoo removal artists -- Reusable equipment. A tattoo or saline tattoo removal artist using reusable equipment must have the following equipment:

          (1)  Twenty-five liner tubes of any preferred style and design in sealed sterile envelopes;

          (2)  Twenty-five shader tubes of any preferred style and design in sealed sterile envelopes;

          (3)  Fifty needle bar setups with needles attached in sealed sterile envelopes;

          (4)  Five hundred disposable pigment containers, except that no saline tattoo removal artist only providing saline tattoo removal services is required to have equipment for pigments;

          (5)  Three hundred disposable latex or vinyl examination gloves;

          (6)  One gallon each of germicidal soap, isopropyl alcohol, and distilled water for prepping skin;

          (7)  Access to the applicable sterilization and sanitization measures in this chapter;

          (8)  Closed dustproof containers for the exclusive storage of instruments, dyes, pigments, stencils, and other equipment;

          (9)  Gauze and bandages; and

          (10)  An autoclave.

Source: 19 SDR 64, effective November 3, 1992; 39 SDR 119, effective January 8, 2013; 46 SDR 65, effective November 26, 2019.

General Authority: SDCL 34-1-17(8).

Law Implemented: SDCL 9-34-17, 34-1-17(8).