PHS.7.1.080 Definitions

Any term not defined in this section shall be given its ordinary meaning, and the below terms shall have the following meanings, except where the context indicates otherwise:

(a) "Antiseptic" means a chemical that kills or inhibits the growth of organisms on skin or living tissue;

(b) "Autoclave" means an apparatus that is registered and listed with the federal food and drug administration for sterilizing articles by using superheated steam under pressure;

(c) "Body pierce" or "body piercing" means to perforate, or perforating, any human body part or tissue, except an ear, and to place a foreign object in the perforation to prevent the perforation from closing;

(d) "Body piercer" means a person who performs body piercing on another person at that person's request;

(e) "Body piercing establishment" means the premises where a body piercer performs body piercing;

(f) "Cleaning" means the removal of foreign material from objects, normally accomplished with detergent, water and mechanical action;

(g) "Division" means an agency designated by the Tribe's executive administrator, which is authorized to make investigations or inspections of tattooists, body piercers, tattoo establishments and body piercing establishments and recommend to the Department whether an establishment or practitioner be licensed or is in compliance with the requirements of this law;

(h) "Disinfectant" means a chemical that is capable of destroying disease-causing organisms on inanimate objects, with the exception of bacterial spores;

(i) "Establishment" means a building, structure, area or location where tattooing and/or body piercing is performed;

(j) "Hot water" means water at a temperature of 110°F or higher;

(k) "Department" means the Licensing Department, or any other department of the Tribe, with the authority to implement, administer and enforce this law;

(l) "Operator" means the owner or person responsible to the owner for the operation of a tattoo or body piercing establishment;

(m) "Patron" means a person receiving a tattoo or body piercing;

(n) "Practitioner" means a tattooist or body piercer;

(o) "Reservation" means all lands and waters within the exterior boundaries of the LCO reservation in Wisconsin, as established by Secretarial Order March 1, 1873, and any lands or waters or interests therein which may be acquired outside of the 1873 reservation by or on behalf of LCO, including the 1200 acres of Farm Services Administration land outside the 1873 reservation boundary held by the United States, except as may otherwise be provided by federal law;

(p) "Sharp waste" means waste that consists of medical equipment or clinical laboratory articles that may cause punctures or cuts, such as hypodermic needles, syringes with attached needles and lancets, whether contaminated, unused or disinfected;

(q) "Single-use" means a product or item that is disposed of after one use, such as a cotton swab, a tissue or paper product, a paper or soft plastic cup, or gauze or other sanitary covering;

(r) "Sterilization" means the killing of all organisms and spores through use of an autoclave operated at a minimum of 250°F (121°C) at pressure of at least fifteen (15) pounds per square inch for not less than thirty (30) minutes or through use of an autoclave approved by the Division that is operated at different temperature and pressure levels but is equally effective in killing all organisms and spores;

(s) "Tattoo," as a verb, means to insert pigment under the surface of the skin of a person, by pricking with a needle or otherwise, so as to produce a permanent mark or figure through the skin;

(t) "Tattoo establishment" means the premises where a tattooist applies a tattoo to another person;

(u) "Tattooist" means a person who tattoos another person at that person's request;

(v) "Tempered water" means water ranging in temperature from 85°F to less than 110°F;

(w) "Temporary establishment" means a single building, structure, area or location where a tattooist or body piercer performs tattooing or body piercing for a maximum of seven (7) consecutive days in conjunction with a single event or celebration;

(x) "Tribe" or "Tribal" means the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians;

(y) "Universal precautions" means to treat everyone's blood and other bodily fluids as infectious at all times.