<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 9-34-17 - Tattooing, saline tattoo removal, and body piercing. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036763Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2036763SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036763CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036763Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2036763DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036763Normal-000001 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2036763Normal-000002 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2036763000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036763SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036763SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2036763Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-34-17"><span class="s2036763SENU">9-34-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036763SENU">. </span><span class="s2036763CL">Tattooing, saline tattoo removal, and body piercing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036763Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036763DefaultParagraphFont">Any municipality may regulate the practice of tattooing, saline tattoo removal, and body piercing by licensing practitioners of tattooing, saline tattoo removal, or body piercing; inspecting tattoo, saline tattoo removal, and body piercing establishments; and establishing standards for sanitation that are at least as stringent as those adopted by the Department of Health under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-1-17"><span class="s2036763DefaultParagraphFont">34-1-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036763DefaultParagraphFont">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036763Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036763DefaultParagraphFont"> Terms used in this section mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036763Normal-000002"><span class="s2036763DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Tattooing," to make marks or designs into the skin by puncturing it and inserting indelible colors. The term includes microblading and similar techniques used to partially or fully simulate natural hair;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036763Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036763DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Saline tattoo removal," inserting a saline solution in skin to lighten or remove an existing tattoo. The term does not include the use of other acids or of lasers as described in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-4-8.2"><span class="s2036763DefaultParagraphFont">36-4-8.2</span></a><span class="s2036763DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036763Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036763DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Body piercing," to place a permanent or temporary foreign object in a person's body for a decorative or other nonmedical purpose by a person not directly under the supervision of a licensed physician as defined by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-4-11"><span class="s2036763DefaultParagraphFont">36-4-11</span></a><span class="s2036763DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036763Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036763000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036763Normal"><span class="s2036763SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036763SCL-000004"> SL 1985, ch 216, §§ 1, 2; SL 1992, ch 239, § 13; SL 1995, ch 189, § 1; SL 2018, ch 54, § 1; SL 2019, ch 55, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>