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Committee approves scarification safety rules, adds age restriction
Summary
HB 531 would give state health authorities rulemaking authority over scarification and related body-art practices, require sanitation and single-use tool standards, and set an age minimum; the committee adopted an amendment and passed the bill unanimously.
Representative Ashlee Matthews introduced HB 531 to clarify the Department of Health and Human Services’ rulemaking authority over body-art practices including tattooing, microblading and scarification. Matthews said last year’s language had not anticipated some scarification practices and the bill aims to put safety guardrails in…
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