Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section 44-32-20(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(B) Prior to
applying to the department for a permit
license, a body piercing facility must ensure that all
body piercing technicians obtain a certificate attesting to the
successful completion of a course in blood- borne pathogens and
body piercing infection control as approved by the department;
the body piercing facility must then apply for and obtain a
permit license issued by the department,
who shall issue such permits licenses,
renewable annually, upon presentation of a certificate of each
body piercing technician's initial and annual certification of
successful completion of a course in blood-borne pathogens and
body piercing infection control and payment of an annual
permitting license fee of three hundred
dollars per body piercing facility."
SECTION 2. Section 44-32-40(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) Every person
engaged in the business of body piercing shall register by
October 1, 2000, with the department. Upon completion of all the
requirements of permitting licensing,
the body piercing facility shall receive a body piercing
permit license. A
permitted licensed facility shall:
(1)
obtain a copy of the department's standards from the
department, sign an acknowledgment upon receipt of the
standards, and commit to meet the standards;
(2)
provide the department with its business address and the
address at which the permittee licensee
performs any activity regulated by this chapter;
(3)
pay an annual permit license fee
of three hundred dollars to the department;
(4)
post the body piercing facility permit
license in a conspicuous place on the premises of a
licensed body piercing facility."
SECTION 3. Section 44-32-50(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) A body
piercing technician must be at least eighteen years old and
shall possess a current Red Cross First Aid certification or an
American Safety and Health Institute certification, or
certification from a program that meets or exceeds the
certification standards of the Red Cross First Aid or the
American Safety and Health Institute, and Adult Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation (CPR) certification. The Red Cross First Aid
certification must be renewed every three years, and the Adult
CPR certification must be renewed annually. A body piercing
technician must conspicuously display:
(1) the annual
certificate of successful completion of a course in CPR and
infection control as approved by the department; and
(2) the annual
permit license issued by the
department."
SECTION 4. Section 44-32-60(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) The
department may conduct the following inspections of the
locations at which permittees licensees
under this chapter conduct regulated activities:
(1) an initial
inspection which must be successfully completed as a condition
of permitting licensure;
(2) an inspection
after any complaint is filed with the department; and
(3) no-notice
inspections which may be conducted by the department at any time
without previous notification to the body piercing
facility."
SECTION 5. Section 44-32-80 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 44-32-80.
The department may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue or
renew a permit license pursuant to this
chapter or may place a body piercing facility on probation,
and also may impose a monetary penalty on a body piercing
facility or person upon proof that the operator of the
facility under this chapter or a person has:
(1) failed to maintain a business address
or telephone number at which the facility may be reached during
business hours;
(2) failed to maintain proper safety,
sanitation, or sterilization procedures as established by law or
by department regulations;
(3) obtained a body piercing facility
license through fraud or deceit; or
(4) violated any applicable law or
regulation; or
(5)
operated a body piercing facility without a license as
required by this chapter."
SECTION 6. This act
takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.