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Tattoo & Piercing Laws - United States - Connecticut
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Statute - Text (K) 1 of 4
Year: 2000
Number: 19A-92A
Name: 19A-00--0092--AK.DOC
Sec. 19a-92a. Regulation of persons engaged in tattooing.
Penalty. (a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Advanced practice registered nurse" means a person
licensed to perform advanced level nursing practice activities
pursuant to subsection (b) of section 20-87a.
(2) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice
medicine and surgery pursuant to chapter 370.
(3) "Physician assistant" means a person licensed
pursuant to section 20-12b.
(4) "Registered nurse" means a person licensed to
practice nursing pursuant to subsection (a) of section 20-87a.
(5) "Tattooing" means marking or coloring, in an
indelible manner, the skin of any person by pricking in coloring
matter or by producing scars.
(b) No person shall engage in tattooing except a physician,
an advanced practice registered nurse rendering service under the
direction of a physician, a registered nurse rendering service
under the supervision, control and responsibility of a physician,
a physician assistant rendering service under the supervision,
control and responsibility of a physician, or a technician
rendering service under the supervision of a physician in
accordance with regulations adopted by the Department of Public
Health pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.
(c) No person shall tattoo an unemancipated minor under eighteen
years of age without the permission of the parent or guardian of
such minor.
(d) The Department of Public Health shall, in accordance with
chapter 54, adopt such regulations as are necessary to implement
the provisions of this section.
(e) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be
fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more
than ninety days, or both.
Sec. 20-9. *(See end of section for amended version of subdivision
(17) of subsection (b) and effective date.) Who may practice
medicine or surgery. (a) No person shall, for compensation, gain
or reward, received or expected, diagnose, treat, operate for or
prescribe for any injury, deformity, ailment or disease, actual or
imaginary, of another person, nor practice surgery, until he has
obtained such a license as provided in section 20-10, and then
only in the kind or branch of practice stated in such license.
(b) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
(1) Dentists while practicing dentistry only;
(2) Any person in the employ of the United States government while
acting in the scope of his employment;
(3) Any person who furnishes medical or surgical assistance in
cases of sudden emergency;
(4) Any person residing out of this state who is employed to come
into this state to render temporary assistance to or consult with
any physician or surgeon who has been licensed in conformity with
the provisions of this chapter;
(5) Any physician or surgeon then actually residing out of this
state who is employed to come into this state to treat, operate or
prescribe for any injury, deformity, ailment or disease from which
the person who employed such physician, or the person on behalf of
whom such physician is employed, is suffering at the time when
such nonresident physician or surgeon is so employed;
(6) Any person rendering service as (A) an advanced practice
registered nurse if such service is rendered in collaboration with
a licensed physician, or (B) an advanced practice registered nurse
maintaining classification from the American Association of Nurse
Anesthetists if such service is under the direction of a licensed
physician;
(7) Any nurse-midwife practicing nurse-midwifery in accordance
with the provisions of chapter 377;
(8) Any podiatrist licensed in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 375;
(9) Any Christian Science practitioner who does not use or
prescribe in his practice any drugs, poisons, medicines,
chemicals, nostrums or surgery;
(10) Any person licensed to practice any of the healing arts named
in section 20-1, who does not use or prescribe in his practice any
drugs, medicines, poisons, chemicals, nostrums or surgery;
(11) Any graduate of any school or institution giving instruction
in the healing arts who has been issued a permit in accordance
with subsection (a) of section 20-11a and who is serving as an
intern, resident or medical officer candidate in a hospital;
(12) Any student participating in a clinical clerkship program who
has the qualifications specified in subsection (b) of section
20-11a;
(13) Any person, otherwise qualified to practice medicine in this
state except that he is a graduate of a medical school located
outside of the United States or the Dominion of Canada which
school is recognized by the American Medical Association or the
World Health Organization, to whom the Connecticut Medical
Examining Board, subject to such regulations as the Commissioner
of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the board,
prescribes, has issued a permit to serve as an intern or resident
in a hospital in this state for the purpose of extending his
education;
(14) Any person rendering service as a physician assistant
licensed pursuant to section 20-12b, a registered nurse, a
licensed practical nurse or a paramedic, as defined in subdivision
(15) of section 19a-175, acting within the scope of regulations
adopted pursuant to section 19a-179, if such service is rendered
under the supervision, control and responsibility of a licensed
physician;
(15) Any student enrolled in an accredited physician assistant
program or paramedic program approved in accordance with
regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-179, who is performing
such work as is incidental to his course of study;
(16) Any person who, on June 1, 1993, has worked continuously in
this state since 1979 performing diagnostic radiology services and
who, as of October 31, 1997, continued to render such services
under the supervision, control and responsibility of a licensed
physician solely within the setting where such person was employed
on June 1, 1993;
*(17) Any person performing athletic training as described in
section 19a-16a;
(18) When deemed by the Connecticut Medical Examining Board to be
in the public's interest, based on such considerations as academic
attainments, specialty board certification and years of
experience, to a foreign physician or surgeon whose professional
activities shall be confined within the confines of a recognized
medical school; or
(19) Any technician engaging in tattooing in accordance
with the provisions of section 19a-92a and any regulations adopted
there under.
(c) This section shall not authorize anyone to practice optometry,
as defined in chapter 380, or to practice dentistry, as defined in
chapter 379, or dental hygiene, as defined in chapter 379a.
(d) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply
to any individual whose practice of medicine includes any ongoing,
regular or contractual arrangement whereby, regardless of
residency in this or any other state, he provides, through
electronic communications or interstate commerce, diagnostic or
treatment services, including primary diagnosis of pathology
specimens, slides or images, to any person located in this state.
In the case of electronic transmissions of radiographic images,
licensure shall be required for an out-of-state physician who
provides, through an ongoing, regular or contractual arrangement,
official written reports of diagnostic evaluations of such images
to physicians or patients in this state. The provisions of
subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to a nonresident
physician who, while located outside this state, consults (A) on
an irregular basis with a physician licensed by section 20-10 who
is located in this state or (B) with a medical school within this
state for educational or medical training purposes.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the provisions
of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any
individual who regularly provides the types of services described
in this subsection pursuant to any agreement or arrangement with a
short-term acute care general hospital, licensed by the Department
of Public Health, provided such agreement or arrangement was
entered into prior to February 1, 1996, and is in effect as of
October 1, 1996.
(e) On and after October 1, 1999, any person licensed as an
osteopathic physician or osteopath pursuant to chapter 371 shall
be deemed licensed as a physician and surgeon pursuant to this
chapter.
(1949 Rev., S. 4363; 1949, 1951, S. 2191d; 1959, P.A. 393, S. 1;
1971, P.A. 717; 1972, P.A. 80, S. 1; P.A. 75-39, S. 1; P.A.
77-519, S. 4, 6; 77-614, S. 349, 610; P.A. 84-546, S. 157, 173;
P.A. 86-20; 86-403, S. 130, 132; P.A. 88-362, S. 1; P.A. 89-389,
S. 4, 22; P.A. 90-211, S. 2, 23; P.A. 93-296, S. 7, 10; 93-381, S.
9, 39; P.A. 94-105, S. 2, 4; P.A. 95-98; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58;
P.A. 96-148; P.A. 97-311, S. 17; P.A. 98-43, S. 3; P.A. 98-166, S.
5, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 18, 121; P.A. 99-102, S. 2;
99-168, S. 5; P.A. 00-47, S. 2.)
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*Note: On and after the later of October 1, 2000, or the date
notice is published by the Commissioner of Public Health in the
Connecticut Law Journal indicating that the licensing of athletic
trainers and physical therapist assistants is being implemented by
the commissioner, subdivision (17) of subsection (b) of this
section, as amended by section 11 of public act 00-226, is to read
as follows:
"(17) Any person practicing athletic training, as defined in
section 20-65f."
Sec. 53-41. Tattooing of persons restricted. Section 53-41
is repealed, effective May 23, 1994.