Costa Mesa |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 8. Health And Sanitation |
Chapter VI. Tattooing Establishment And Operation Regulations |
§ 8-148. Same—Skin preparation
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No tattooing operation shall be performed unless the skin is adequately prepared prior to the operation. For purposes of this paragraph, skin shall be considered properly prepared if it is thoroughly washed with soap following shaving and, thereafter, scrubbed gently three (3) times with seventy (70) per cent isopropyl alcohol, using a separate sterile gauze pad each such time, and no alternate method of skin preparation shall be considered adequate unless approved in writing by the health officer.
(Ord. No. 97-16, § 1, 6-2-97)