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20-27-1507. Education of artist in training.
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20-27-1507. Education of artist in training.
(a) An artist trainer shall be a registered instructor in a school licensed by the Department of Health.
(b) The department shall develop standards to determine:
(1) The maximum number of artists in training in a training facility at one time; and
(2) The length of the program in hours and across a range of months.
(c)(1)(A) During the artist training in the fields of tattooing, body piercing, or permanent cosmetics, each artist in training shall complete not less than three hundred seventy-five (375) clock hours of supervised body art work and classroom instruction in a period not less than six (6) months or more than twenty-four (24) months in an establishment licensed under § 20-27-1503 and § 6-51-601 et seq.
(B) During the artist training in the field of branding, each artist in training shall complete not less than three hundred seventy-five (375) clock hours of supervised body art work and classroom instruction in a period not less than six (6) months or more than twenty-four (24) months in an establishment licensed under § 20-27-1503 and § 6-51-601 et seq.
(C) Additional fields of body art training may be added by completing not less than two hundred fifty (250) clock hours of technical and procedural training in each of the other fields of body art in which an artist in training is to be licensed.
(D) An artist in training studying multiple fields of body art at the same time shall complete the total clock hours of all fields in not less than twelve (12) months or more than twenty-four (24) months.
(2)(A) The artist trainer shall maintain a training log of the clock hours completed by the artist in training on forms approved by the department.
(B) The training log shall include without limitation a
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-27-1507
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20-27-1507. Education of artist in training.
(a) An artist trainer shall be a registered instructor in a school licensed by the Department of Health.
(b) The department shall develop standards to determine:
(1) The maximum number of artists in training in a training facility at one time; and
(2) The length of the program in hours and across a range of months.
(c)(1)(A) During the artist training in the fields of tattooing, body piercing, or permanent cosmetics, each artist in training shall complete not less than three hundred seventy-five (375) clock hours of supervised body art work and classroom instruction in a period not less than six (6) months or more than twenty-four (24) months in an establishment licensed under § 20-27-1503 and § 6-51-601 et seq.
(B) During the artist training in the field of branding, each artist in training shall complete not less than three hundred seventy-five (375) clock hours of supervised body art work and classroom instruction in a period not less than six (6) months or more than twenty-four (24) months in an establishment licensed under § 20-27-1503 and § 6-51-601 et seq.
(C) Additional fields of body art training may be added by completing not less than two hundred fifty (250) clock hours of technical and procedural training in each of the other fields of body art in which an artist in training is to be licensed.
(D) An artist in training studying multiple fields of body art at the same time shall complete the total clock hours of all fields in not less than twelve (12) months or more than twenty-four (24) months.
(2)(A) The artist trainer shall maintain a training log of the clock hours completed by the artist in training on forms approved by the department.
(B) The training log shall include without limitation a record of:
(i) Hours of both theory and practical education;
(ii) The procedures observed and completed; and
(iii) A list of resources used for training.
(C) The artist in training shall keep available for inspection a bound record book that is separate from the record book of another artist or artist in training.
(D) The completed training log shall be submitted to the department at the time of the practical examination under § 20-27-1508.
(d) An artist trainer may offer training only in the area in which the artist trainer holds a current license from the department.
(e) The department shall adopt a minimum curriculum for each area of body art training that shall be followed by all artist trainers, artists in training, and body art training facilities.
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20-27-1503. Department of Health to license, regulate, and inspect for health hazards.
(a)(1) Body art establishments which and artists who perform body art shall be licensed by the Department of Health.
(2) A body art training facility shall be licensed by the department as an establishment and as an approved body art training facility.
(3) An artist from a state other than Arkansas or a country outside of the United States who holds a license from the body art regulatory board or agency in that state or country may submit an application for qualifications review by the department to determine eligibility for a body art license based upon criteria established by the department.
(4) The business premises, equipment, procedures, techniques, and conditions of those businesses shall be subject to at least one (1) inspection by the department.
(b)(1) The department may adopt appropriate rules regarding the artists, premises, equipment, procedures, techniques, and conditions of establishments which perform procedures subject to this subchapter to assure that the premises, equipment, procedures, techniques, and conditions are aseptic and do not constitute a health hazard.
(2) Any rule affecting body art establishments in effect on August 13, 2013, shall remain in effect until the State Board of Health adopts rules under this subchapter.
(c) Applicants for a license shall file applications upon forms prescribed by the department.
(d) A license shall be issued only for the premises and persons in the application and shall not be transferable.
(e)(1)(A) The department shall levy and collect an annual fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per facility for issuance of a license to an establishment that performs body art.
(B) The department shall levy and coll
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-27-1503
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20-27-1508. Examination — Fee.
(a)(1)(A) Each artist in training seeking licensure as an artist under the rules of the Department of Health shall take a written examination prepared or approved by the department before beginning training.
(B) Upon completion of the hours required under § 20-27-1507, a practical examination shall be conducted by the department in each field of training for which the artist in training is seeking licensure.
(2) Until an artist in training receives a passing grade on the practical examination, no artist in training may:
(A) Be licensed as an artist;
(B) Hold himself or herself out as a licensed artist; or
(C) Independently perform a body art procedure without the supervision of a body art trainer.
(b) The department shall levy and collect a nonrefundable fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) from each artist in training who applies to take the written and practical examinations required under this section for licensure as an artist.
(c) A fee collected under this section shall be deposited into the State Treasury, credited to the Public Health Fund, and used exclusively for the Body Art Program of the department.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-27-1508
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-27-1508. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-51-601. Legislative intent.
(a) The General Assembly is aware of the fact that:
(1) Many private career schools offering resident or correspondence programs in the State of Arkansas have contributed extensively to the well-being of the individuals and the business and industrial establishments which have benefited from that training; and
(2) There is a need for protection of the consumer and the ethical private career school operator.
(b) The General Assembly determines that the establishment of reasonable standards and licensing requirements for resident or correspondence schools, their program offerings, and their instructors and admissions representatives in the manner provided in this subchapter is essential in the public interest and in furtherance of the purposes stated above.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-51-601
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-51-601. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.