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(3) Shavin?. Before shaving, the area to be tattooed shall be thoroughly <br />cleansed with tincture of green soap (U.S.P.) or its equivalent, as approved <br />by the Health Commissioner, and washed with alcohol. After shaving the <br />area to be tattooed, seventy (70%) percent alcohol (rubbing alcohol) shall <br />be applied to the skin. <br />(4) Skin Lubricant. Only sterile petroleum jelly in collapsible metal or plastic <br />tubes, single use (unit does), or its equivalent, as approved by the Health <br />Commissioner, shall be used on the area to be tattooed, and such jelly <br />shall be applied by the use of sterile gauze, and not directly with the <br />fingers. <br />(5) Treatment of Blood Flow. No operator shall use styptic pencils, alum <br />blocks or other solid styptic to check the flow of blood. <br />(6) Dves or Inks. All dyes or inks used in tattooing shall be manufactured by <br />a reputable manufacturer and used without adulteration of the original <br />formula. Single service or individual containers of dye or ink shall be <br />used for each patron and the container and the remaining dye or ink <br />discarded. The single use containers shall be disinfected prior to use. If <br />non-disposable containers are used, they must be sterilized before reuse. <br />Excess dye or ink shall be removed from the skin with an individually <br />wrapped sterile gauze, individually wrapped sterile cotton squares, clean <br />disposable wrapped cotton squares, or clean disposable tissue. The <br />completed tattoo shall be washed with pieces of sterile gauze or individual <br />sterile cotton saturated with germicidal solution approved by the Health <br />Commissioner or seventy (70%) percent alcohol (rubbing alcohol). The <br />tattooed area shall be allowed to dry and petroleum jelly from a collapsible <br />or plastic tube, single use (unit dose), or its equivalent, as approved by the <br />Health Commissioner, shall be applied. An approved surgical dressing <br />and tape shall be applied to the site. <br />(7) Infections. All infections resulting from the practice of tattooing which <br />become known to the operator shall be reported to the Health <br />Commissioner by the person owning or operating the tattoo operation, and <br />the patient sha11 be refened to a private physician. Printed instructions, <br />approved by the Board of Health, shall be given to each patron on the care <br />of the skin after tattooing. <br />(8) Prohibited Tattoos. Tattooing, including the changing or repairing of <br />previous tattoos, shall not be performed on any fingertip, on the genitalia, <br />on a scrotum or in the anal area, nor shall tattooing be undertaken over the <br />site of an obviously recent hypodermic injection. No tattoo shall consist <br />of any obscene word or gesture, nor shall it depict any obscene act or the <br />genitalia. <br />(9) Dressing?and Materials. The use of paper napkins and other material and <br />tape for dressing is prohibited. Only recognized and approved surgical <br />dressing and tapes shall be used on patrons. <br />(10) DisQosal of waste. All used items must be autoclaved at fifteen (15) <br />pounds per square inch at 250 degrees Fahrenheit for twenty (20) minutes, <br />