Section 119300 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 104. >> Part 15. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 1.
119300
. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Safe Body Art Act.
(b) The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum statewide
standards for the regulation of persons engaged in the business or
performance of tattooing, body piercing, branding, and the
application of permanent cosmetics in California. These requirements
are intended to protect both the practitioner and the client from
transmission of infectious diseases through the application of proper
body art procedures and the control of cross-contamination of
instruments and supplies.