In addition to the definitions in 410 IAC 1-5, the following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter.
ARTIST. A person employed by an establishment to perform body piercing, body modification or to affix a permanent tattoo to an individual. This includes those defined as "body piercer" or "tattoo artist" by 410 IAC 1-5, or any person who performs tattooing, boring, penetration or tunneling through the body of a client.
BODY MODIFICATION. Any tattoo, permanent cosmetics, body piercing, or other penetrating body art, or the use of needles, scalpels or other medical devices to insert devices or modify the body for the purpose of adornment. This does not include henna tattoos or other surface adornment.
BRANDING. A potentially invasive procedure in which a permanent mark is burned into or onto the skin using either temperature, mechanical or chemical means.
CLIENT. A person or patron who receives tattooing, body piercing or body modification services.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST. Derived from 68 IAC 9-1-1 (b)(2), is a situation in which the private financial interest of local official, local official's spouse, ex-spouse, siblings, in-laws, children and/or emancipated child, may influence the Local Official's judgment in the performance of a public duty.
ESTABLISHMENT. A location where body piercing, body modification and/or tattooing are performed. This includes a facility as defined by 410 IAC 1-5 and includes temporary events and mobile establishments.
EVENT COORDINATOR. A person or persons responsible for the event.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The Boone County Health Department having jurisdiction in Boone County, Indiana.
HEALTH OFFICER. The duly appointed health officer having jurisdiction in Boone County, Indiana.
HEARING OFFICER. An individual or panel of individuals acting in the capacity of a hearing officer in proceedings. The hearing officer is not the health officer or any other employee of the Boone County Health Department.
IMPLANTING. A procedure involving the placement of an object or multiple objects under the skin to mold or shape the skin outwardly for a particular appearance.
INSPECTION REPORT means the document prepared by the Boone County Health Department that is completed as the result of the inspection and provided to the operator.
LOCAL OFFICIAL. Any Official of Boone County, Indiana.
MOBILE ESTABLISHMENT. A tattoo, body piercing, or body modification establishment that is wheeled; mounted on a vehicle; or otherwise readily movable; that changes location too frequently to be a candidate for permanent utility connections, as determined by the health officer.
OPERATOR. A person who controls, operates, conducts, manages, or owns any establishment or any artist at a temporary event.
ORDER. Derived from I.C. 4-21.5-1-9, is a Boone County Health Department action of particular applicability that determines the legal rights, duties, privileges, immunities, or other legal interests of one or more specific Persons. The term includes a permit.
SCARIFICATION. Altering skin texture by cutting the skin and controlling the body's healing process in order to produce wounds, which result in permanently raised wheals or bumps known as keloids.
SUSPENSION. Hanging the body from (or partially from) hooks that are placed by body piercing.
TEMPORARY EVENT. An establishment located within a permanent structure that operates for a period of no more than 14 consecutive days for the purposes of product demonstration, industry trade show, or education.
TONGUE SPLITTING. Tongue bifurcation or a type of body modification in which the tongue is cut centrally from its tip part of the way towards its base, forking the end.
(Ord. 2016-06, passed 11-21-2016)
