R392-701-14. Specific Health and Sanitation Requirements for Body Piercing

The operator shall ensure that: (1) body piercing needles are: (a) sterile, single-use, and manufactured for either medical or body piercing purposes; (b) disposed of in a sharps container immediately after use; and (c) not thinner than 20 gauge or thicker than six gauge; (2) after use on each client, any equipment, material, multi-use implement, and tool is properly cleaned and sterilized; (3) jewelry to be used for a new body piercing is: (a) inspected by the body artist before use to ensure it is free of any nick, scratch, and other imperfection; (b) sterilized before use; (c) only made from the following materials: (i) 00G to 14G gauge glass, fused quartz, borosilicate, and soda-lime that is lead free; (ii) ASTM B-392 compliant niobium, except matte finish black; (iii) ASTM F-67, ASTM F-136, ASTM F-1295, or ASTM F-1295 compliant titanium and titanium alloy; (iv) ASTM F-138 compliant stainless steel; (v) ASTM F-754 compliant PTFE; (vi) platinum; (vii) solid 14K or 18K white, yellow, or rose gold that is nickel free and cadmium free; or (viii) Tygon; and (d) not made from any of the following materials: (i) aluminum; (ii) any type of organic material, including horn, bone, coconut wood, bamboo, or ivory; (iii) glass with gauge size higher than 14G; (iv) gold filled, plated, rolled, or vermeil jewelry; (v) high-density, low-porosity nontoxic plastics such as acrylic; (vi) silver; (vii) stainless steel that is not ASTM F-138 compliant; (viii) stone; (ix) tempered glass; or (x) wood of any type; and (4) each body artist provides the client with a small amount of antiseptic mouthwash in a disposable cup before any oral piercing and advises the client to rinse thoroughly for at least 30 seconds.