Tattoo Forum with Gallery: ask your tattoo questions, upload your own tattoo pictures or rate and comment other member’s tattoos!

admin · Site Admin Joined: 03 Nov 2005 Posts: 38

Tattoo parlors in Oklahoma will be allowed to open their doors in just over a month, and now the State Board of Health has adopted rules to help regulate them. The new restrictions go into effect November 1st, and health officials say the rules should lead to a statewide expansion of tattoo parlors and body-piercing shops.

The body artists will have to be licensed, which includes taking courses in bloodborne diseases and first aid. They will also have to pass a standardized competency test and will have to pass at least two inspections per year by health department officials. Tattoos will be restricted to people eighteen-years or older. A tattoo parlor owner in Caddo says every State has some form of regulations for tattooing, and he doesn't mind at all.

Eric Parker said, "I would hope Oklahoma would enforce the strictest regulations that they possibly could. It's not anything to be played with and anybody who tattoos and really respects the industry of tattooing and respects what they do for a living is gonna welcome that."

Parker says the rules will limit tattooing to professional artists. It will prevent unsafe and unsanitary conditions, which could lead to diseases. Parker says if there weren't regulations put into place, it would be detrimental to the entire industry. He says now Oklahomans can be confident with their safety.

News source: KTEN News

Ivorytiger · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:47 pm Post subject:

I sure hope it goes better in OK than it has been here in SC. They have made it damn near impossible to open a Studio I have been working on mine since Oct. and have to wait 3 to 6 more weeks for our final inspection. Good luck.

chic · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:31 am Post subject:

good luck...
we need more tattooist.. more vision, and artistic flair....

when there is only a few tattooist's, they seem to have the monopoly on the prices.... Crying or Very sad

Liz · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:48 am Post subject:

i had no idea that in some countries it is illegal [to have a tattoo parlour].

Its like ferrets; you can't have them in every country or state, but why? Its just silly.

spiderman · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject:

I think as tattoos are becoming more accepted as a social norm the laws are going to become more tolerable. I am sorry that the people in the South have had a hard time getting their shops opened, but things are getting better for those with tattoos. I am from Indiana and tattoo shops seem to always be busy if they are good ones. I hope that any shops in the South will be as prosperous. Keep up the good fight.