Enforcement

PURPOSE: This rule outlines the authority of the office/division personnel to inspect establishments. (1) Access. An authorized employee or agent of the division, upon proper identification, shall be permitted to enter any tattoo, body piercing and/or branding establishment at any reasonable time to determine if the establishment and its practitioners are in compliance with Missouri statutes and regulations. The division’s employee or agent shall be permitted to examine the records of the establishment, to obtain information about supplies purchased, received or used, sterilization records and information regarding patrons who received tattoos, body piercings or branding. Any records requested by the division’s employee or agent may be copied at the establishment operator’s expense. (2) Enforcement Policy. Order to correct violations. If upon inspection of a tattoo, body piercing or branding establishment, the division’s employee or agent finds that a tattoo, body piercing or branding establishment is not properly equipped or operated as required pursuant to sections 324.520 to 324.524, RSMo and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the division’s employee or agent shall notify the operator in writing. The notice shall include an order that directs the operator to make specified changes that will bring the establishment into compliance with the standards established by statute and regulations and stipulate the time period within which compliance is required. If the order to correct violations is not carried out by the expiration of the time period stipulated, or any reasonable extension of the time granted for compliance, the failure to comply shall be cause for discipline. AUTHORITY: section 324.522, RSMo Supp. 2001.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 267-6.010. Original rule filed Aug. 15, 2002, effective Feb. 28, 2003. Moved to 20 CSR 2267-6.010, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 324.522, RSMo 1998, amended 1999, 2001.