(a)
(1) To be approved by the board, a permanent
color technician or tattoo artist training program shall include at least 600
hours of theory and practical experience that include 50 completed procedures,
if completed in an approved school, or 1200 hours of theory and practical
experience that include 50 completed procedures, if completed under the
supervision of an approved trainer. A training program directly supervised by
an approved trainer shall be limited to one trainee.
(2) Each program of permanent cosmetics and
tattooing shall include the following percentage of hours in its theory and
practical experience:
Subject Percentage of hours
Needles 7
Tattoo machines, equipment, and supplies 20
Safety, sanitation, sterilization, and blood-borne pathogens 15
Basic color theory and pigments 7
Placement of design 7
Skin: Diseases, disorders, and conditions 9
Client handling 2
Business operations and Kansas statutes and regulations
pertaining to permanent cosmetics and tattooing 3
Clinical practice 30
Total hours 600 (In school)
1200 (Under a trainer)
(b)
(1) To
be approved by the board, a basic body piercing technician training program
shall include at least 600 hours of theory and practical experience that
include 50 completed procedures, if completed in an approved school, or 1200
hours of theory and practical experience that include 50 completed procedures,
if completed under the supervision of an approved trainer. In the basic body
piercing training, the 50 completed procedures shall consist of at least five
completed procedures for each of the following seven basic piercings in these
areas:
(A) Ears;
(B) nose;
(C) tongue;
(D) nipple;
(E) eyebrow;
(F) navel; and
(G) labrets (lips or around the mouth).
(2) The following is
the minimum course of study for basic body piercing:
Subject Percentage of hours
Health and safety 50
Sanitation, sterilization, and blood-borne pathogens
Skin: Diseases, disorders, and conditions
Anatomy
Universal precautions
First aid, C.P.R.
Clinical/Practical 50
Needles, equipment and supplies
Jewelry and placement
Business operations and laws
Client relations
(c)
(1) An
advanced training program for body piercing shall include, in addition to the
hours required for the basic body piercing, 50 completed procedures within the
advanced areas.
(2) The advanced
piercings shall include the following areas:
(A) Male genitals;
(B) female genitals;
(C) multiple piercings in the same area; and
(D) unusual piercings, including
earl, which is surface-to-surface piercing located across the bridge of the
nose, and madison, which is surface-to-surface piercing located near the
clavical.
Notes
Kan. Admin. Regs. §
69-15-2
Authorized by K.S.A. 1996
Supp.
74-2702a and implementing K.S.A.
1996 Supp.
65-1943 and
65-1949; effective Aug. 22,
1997.
