SF 2010 (LSB 5361SS (4) 89)

SENATE FILE 2010

BY  GREEN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to safety and sanitation criteria for tattooing establishments, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 135.37, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Establish minimum safety and sanitation criteria for the operation of tattooing establishments.  The criteria shall allow a person to provide and consume food and beverages, including intoxicating beverages, at a tattoo establishment so long as food and beverages are provided and consumed at least five feet from the area where tattooing services are practiced.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the Iowa department of public health to establish safety and sanitation criteria for tattooing establishments that allow a person to provide and consume food and beverages at a tattooing establishment so long as the food and beverages are separated from the area where tattooing services are practiced by a distance of at least five feet. 
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.