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Health & Saf. Code, § 119308 · Article 3. Practitioner Registration

Health & Saf. Code, § 119308

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) Before performing body art, the practitioner shall do all of the following:

(1) Wash and dry his or her hands consistent with sound hygienic practices.

(2) Put on a clean apron, bib, or lap pad over clean, dry clothing.

(3) Put on personal protective equipment that is appropriate for the task.

(4) Don clean, previously unused, disposable examination gloves on both hands just prior to the procedure. Gloves shall be worn throughout the procedure. If gloves come into contact with an object or surface other than the client’s prepared skin or material to be used for the procedure, or if a glove is torn or punctured, both gloves shall be removed, hand hygiene performed, and new, clean, previously unused, disposable examination gloves shall be donned. If gloves are removed for any reason during a procedure, hand hygiene shall be performed prior to donning new, clean, previously unused, disposable examination gloves.

(5) If the skin at the procedure site is to be shaved, the skin shall be first washed with soap and water. A single-use, disposable razor shall be used to shave the procedure site and then discarded into a sharps container.

(6) Immediately prior to performing the body art, the client’s skin shall be prepared with an antiseptic solution, antimicrobial, or microbicide, according to manufacturer’s instructions. The item used for application shall be discarded after use.

(b) At the completion of the procedure, the practitioner shall do all of the following:

(1) Answer questions regarding the procedure site.

(2) Provide postprocedure instructions.

(3) When covering a procedure site, use a sterile dressing.

(4) Place all used or discarded sharps waste in a sharps waste container.

(5) Wash and disinfect reusable instruments as provided in subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 119309.

(6) Package and sterilize reusable instruments that may have come in contact with nonintact skin or mucosal surfaces.

(7) Clean and decontaminate the workstation and procedure area.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 555, Sec. 6. (AB 1168) Effective January 1, 2014.

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