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(d) A tattoo establishment will not be considered a Type B Home Occupation and shall be limited to a Commercial District. 1793.03 REQUIREMENTS. Each person who operates a tattooing establishment shall comply with the following requirements; (a) Tattooine Room (1) The room in which tattooing is done shall have an area of not less than one hundred (100) square feet. The walls, floors and ceiling shalt have an impervious, smooth and washable surface. (2) A toilet and lavatory available to the public shall be located in the establishment and sha71 be accessible at all times that the tattooing establishment is open for business. The lavatory shall be supplied with hot and cold running water, soap and sanitary towels. (3) All tables shall have an impervious and nonabsorbent surface, and other equipment shall be constructed of material that can be easily cleaned, shall be finished in a light color, with a smooth washable finish, and shall be separated from waiting customers or observers by a panel at least six feet high or by a door. (4) The entire premises and equipment sha116e maintained in a clean, sanitary condi5on and in good repair (b) Preoazation for Tattoo (1) The operator shall scrub his hands for two minutes with an an5septic soap and water before starting to tattoo; the hands shall be dried with individual, single-use towels. Surgical gloves shall be worn on both hands by the tattoo operator while tattooing. (2) No skin area shall be penetrated, abraded, burned or treated with chemicals for the purpose of removing camouflaging or altering any blemish, birthmark, scar or tattoo. (3) Safety razors with a new, single~service blade for each customer or patron or a straightedge razor may be used which will be a single use razor to be discarded after use. (4) The area to be tattooed shall first be thoroughly washed for a period of two minutes with warm water to which has been added an antiseptic liquid soap. A sterile single-use sponge shall be used to scmb the area. After shaving and before tattooing is begun, a solution of seventy percent alcohol shall be applied to the area with a single~~use sponge used and applied with a sterile instrument. (5) Only petroleum jelly in collapsible metal or plastic tubes, of its egnivalen[ ae approved by the Healttr Commissioner, shall be used on the area to be tattooed, and it shall be applied with a sterile gauze. (6) The use of styptic pencils, alum blocks, or other solid styptics to cheek the~flow of blood is prohibited. (7) Single-service or individual containers of dye or ink shall be used for each patron and the container therefore shall be discarded immediately after completing work on a pahon and any dye in which the needles were dipped shall not be used on another person. Excess dye or ink shall be removed from the skin with an individual sterile sponge or a disposable paper tissue which shall be used only on one person and then immediately discarded. After completing work on any person, the tattooed area shall be washed with sterile gauze saturated with an antiseptic soap solution approved by the Health Commissioner, or a seventy pament aloohol solution. The tattooed area shalt be allowed to dry and petroleumjelly from a collapsible or plastic tube shall be applied, using a sterile gauze. A sterile gauze dressing shall then be fastened to the tattooed area with adhesive. (o) Stedli fi PE t dSt (I) All clean and ready-to~~use needles and instruments shall be kept in a closed glass or metal case or storage cabinet while not in use. Such cabinet shall be maintained in a sanitary mannenat all times. (2) A steam sterilizer (autoclave) shall 6e provided for sterilizing all needles and similar inshruments before use on any customer, person or patron (Alternate sterilizing procedures may be used when specifically approved by the Health Commissioner) Sterilization of equipment will be accomplished by exposure to live steam for at least thirty minutes a[ a minimum pressure of fifteen (15) pounds per square inch, temperaNre of two hundred Porry (24p) degrees FahrenheiC Drone hundred sixteen (116) degrees Celsius. (3) The needles and instruments required to be sterilized shall be so used, handled and temporarily placed during tattooing so that they will no[ be contaminated. (d) Medical Doctor (t) Tattooing must be performed by a medical doctor licensed to practice medicine in the State of Ohio, or by an operator tinder the direction and supervision of a medical doctor licensed to practice medicine in the Stale of Ohio. (2) Any medloal docmr retained by a tattoo establishment pursuant to subsecton (d)(I), shall annually register with the Division of Health for the City of Lakewood prior [o performing or supervising tattoo operations. (3) Any person who violates subsection. (d)(1) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Subsection (d)(1) shall be enforced by the Director of Public Safety or designee, the Division of Police, or any public health offioial. 1793.04 RECORD KEEPWG. Permanent records of each patron or customer shall be maintained by the licensee or operator of the establishment. Before the tattooing opemfion begins, the patron or customer shall be required to enter, on a record form provided for such establishments, the date, his or her name, address, age, and his or her signature. This data will be verified by requiring the patron to produce a valid state driver's license or other form of picture identification. The physician performing or supervising the tattoo must affix his/her name to the record form and sign a statement verifying the performance of the duties required under this Chapter.. Such records shall be maintained in the tattoo establishment and shall be available for examination by the Health Commissioner. Records shall be retained by the operator or licensee for a period of no[ less than five (5) years. In the event of a change of ownership or closing ofthe business, all such records shall be retained by the proprietor and made available to the Health Commissioner upon request. 1793.05 DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED ITEMS. (a) All pigments, dyes or colors used in tattooing shall be sterile and free from bacteria, virus particles and noxious agents and substances and the pigments, dyes and colors used from stock solutions for each customer or patron shall be placed in a single~~service receptacle and such receptacle and remaining solution shall be discarded after use on each customer or patron (b) All bandages and surgical dressings used in connection with the tattooing ofa person shall be sterile and disposed of in a manner which complies with Ohio Revised Code 3734, pertaining to infectious waste. 1793.06 CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION, RENEWAL, ANNUAL INSPECTION. (a) An applicant for a license to operate a tattooing establishment stall first obtain a Certificate of Inspection from the 30