Any municipality may regulate the practice of tattooing, saline tattoo removal, and body piercing by licensing practitioners of tattooing, saline tattoo removal, or body piercing; inspecting tattoo, saline tattoo removal, and body piercing establishments; and establishing standards for sanitation that are at least as stringent as those adopted by the Department of Health under § 34-1-17 . Terms used in this section mean: (1) "Tattooing," to make marks or designs into the skin by puncturing it and inserting indelible colors. The term includes microblading and similar techniques used to partially or fully simulate natural hair; (2) "Saline tattoo removal," inserting a saline solution in skin to lighten or remove an existing tattoo. The term does not include the use of other acids or of lasers as described in § 36-4-8.2 ; (3) "Body piercing," to place a permanent or temporary foreign object in a person's body for a decorative or other nonmedical purpose by a person not directly under the supervision of a licensed physician as defined by § 36-4-11 .
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