Pre-filed December 21, 1999, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 324.522, RSMo Supp. 1999, relating to tattoo licensing, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 324.522, RSMo Supp. 1999, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 324.522, to read as follows:
324.522. 1. No practitioner of tattooing, body piercing or branding shall practice and no establishment in which tattoos, body piercing or brandings are applied shall be operated without a license issued by the director of the division of professional registration. The license fee for each practitioner and each establishment shall be established by rule.
2. The director of the division of professional registration shall promulgate rules and regulations relative to the hygienic practice of tattooing, branding, body piercing and sanitary operations of tattoo, branding and body piercing establishments. Such rules and regulations shall include:
(1) Standards of hygiene to be met and maintained by establishments and practitioners in order to receive and maintain a license for the practice of tattooing, branding and body piercing;
(2) Procedures to be used to grant, revoke or reinstate a license;
(3) Inspection of tattoo establishments; and
(4) Any other matter necessary to the administration of this section.
3. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority
delegated in sections 324.520 to 324.524 shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the
provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable, section 536.028, RSMo. All rulemaking authority delegated prior to
August 28, 1999, is of no force and effect and repealed. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to repeal or affect the
validity of any rule filed or adopted prior to August 28, 1999, if it fully complied with all applicable provisions of law.
This section and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant
to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held
unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 1999, shall be
invalid and void.
Missouri
House of Representatives