16-04-084  

  • WSR 16-04-084
    PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
    DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING
    [Filed January 29, 2016, 2:43 p.m.]
    Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 308-22 WAC, Body art, body piercing, and tattooing rules.
    Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.300.020, 43.24.023.
    Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The department will be reviewing WAC to ensure we are meeting current safety and sanitation requirements regarding public safety. We will also be reviewing WAC for effectiveness, clarity, intent, and statutory authority.
    Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Department of health.
    Process for Developing New Rule: Details will be distributed through the tattoo, body piercing, body art and permanent cosmetic listserv and through direct mailings to licensees and interested parties.
    To receive information by e-mail, please sign up on the tattoo, body piercing, body art and permanent cosmetic listserv at http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/tattoo/list.html.
    Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Cameron Dalmas, Tattoo Program, Department of Licensing, P.O. Box 9026, Olympia, WA 98507, phone (360) 664-6643, fax (360) 664-2550, e-mail plssunit@dol.wa.gov. Additional information will be posted on the tattoo, body piercing, body art and permanent cosmetic web site as it becomes available at http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/tattoo/.
    January 29, 2016
    Damon Monroe
    Rules Coordinator