Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-22.3 - General provisions
(1) Tattoo
artists and tattoo establishments that fail to meet the criteria of Iowa Code
section 10A.531 or these rules are
guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
(2) Compliance with Iowa Code section
10A.531 and these rules does not
exempt tattoo artists and tattoo establishments from other applicable state or
local laws.
(3) Tattooing may only
be practiced in facilities that have applied for and received a tattoo
establishment permit pursuant to Iowa Code section
10A.531. Tattooing performed in
the practice of medicine by a physician , surgeon, osteopathic physician or
surgeon, or other qualified licensed or certified nonphysician persons to whom
a physician , surgeon, osteopathic physician or surgeon has appropriately
delegated pursuant to 653-Chapter 13 does not require a permit pursuant to Iowa
Code section 10A.531.
(4) Notwithstanding local zoning codes, where
zoning codes exist, tattooing shall not be practiced in a residential dwelling ,
inclusive of an attached garage. New tattoo establishments must be in
commercial buildings where zoning ordinances exist. A waiver will be granted to
any tattoo establishment in a residential dwelling if it has been operating
continuously since being granted a permit prior to January 1, 2010.
(5) Tattoo establishments are inspected
annually .
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