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Tattooing is illegal unless it is done for medical purposes.Full text of the Law
9.08.090 Tattooing prohibited.No person shall conduct any establishment where tattooing is practiced nor engage in the practice of tattooing; provided, however, that tattooing may be performed for medical purposes by a person licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in the state. The word "tattooing" as used herein means the marking of the skin of a person by insertion of permanent colors through puncture of the skin.
(Prior code § 9.32)
