October 8th DOL meeting minutes

Body Art, Body Piercing and Tattoo Advisory Committee

405 Black Lake Boulevard S.W., Room 209

Olympia, Washington 98502

October 8, 2009

9a.m.-5p.m.


Attendees:

Department: Trudie Touchette, Administrator

Susan Colard, Assistant Administrator

Lawna Knight, Administrative Assistant

Committee: Kenneth (Doc) Elsea, Christy Brooker, Leslie Johnston, Helen Piatt, Penny Rudy, Mark Collins, Debra Glugla, Scott Falbo

Audience: Dan Quirong, Christine Anthony, Patti Rathbun, Geisha Elsea, Cameron Cook, Maxwell Danner, Luis Martinez, Joanna Schlosser, Genia Gafanney, Thalia Brown, Charles Kincaid, Miriah Wyrick, Katherine Backman, Dave Brown, Pam Rogoski, Damon Conklin, Jacqueline Gibson, Travis Puckett, Will Bodnar,

Agenda:

Introductions

Review Minutes and Agenda Items from September 18th, 2009 meeting

Christine Anthony-Communication Plan

Review Draft Law Changes

Introductions were made of Advisory Committee, Department Staff and Audience

Committee reviewed minutes and agenda items from September 18, 2009 meeting.

Minutes were approved with one correction of a public attendee’s name.

Trudie introduced Christine Anthony, Public Relations Consultant.

Christine explained the plan is to start the communication to the public by sending out a press release in April 2010. She asked the group to give their ideas on the best avenues specific to the trades that would be helpful in contacting the industry professionals; i.e. newspapers, magazines, associations, etc. She expects that the media will most likely put out the communications in late June.

The second phase of the communication will be more of a reminder to the unlicensed professionals to get on board in obtaining a license.

Christine asked the group if they would like the Department to develop a brochure with after-care instructions that individuals can print off the website.

The following associations were noted by the committee as being good contacts for notification: Alliance of Professional Tattooists, National Tattooist Association, Association of Professional Piercers, Society of Permanent Cosmetics Professionals, American Academy of Micro pigmentation.

Conferences/Conventions Coming Up:

February 12-14th, 2010 Ink Travelers Convention, Vancouver, WA

May 14-16th, 2010 Lilac City Tattoo Expo, Spokane, WA

Committee members suggested the Department attend to provide information to the public on the licensing law. There was interest from the committee in assisting the department in providing information to the attendees of the convention.

Review of Draft Law Changes:

Personal Services:

DECISION: Group decided to prohibit personal services licenses on the basis of sanitation concerns.



ACTION: Department will look at wording for this.

Guest Operator Definition:

Discussion took place surrounding the need for the ability to work at another shop or convention if you are already licensed in Washington without obtaining a second license. Neither the location or operator license covers this option.

DECISION: Clarify Guest Artist language to rules.

ACTION: The Department will check with Dept. of Revenue on whether the UBI is needed for guest license.

ACTION: The Department will look at other states’ language on the location/operator licenses to provide availability for operators to work at a different location for a certain amount of time without having to obtain a location license.

Discussion on the Medical Quality Assurance Commission (MQAC) Interpretive Statement on Body Piercing. Trudie provided a copy of the interpretive statement. MQAC is scheduled to hold a meeting on December 4, 2009, to address this interpretive statement.

DECISION: It was voted and passed by majority of the group to use Texas’ statute language for the definition of body piercing: “the creation of an opening in an individual’s body, other than in the individual’s earlobe to insert jewelry or another decoration.”


Grandfather Period:

DECISION: change the grandfather period to state having twelve consecutive months of experience within the last three years.

Other language changes:

DECISION: In order to qualify as a trainer for interns the operator must hold a current license and have seven “consecutive” years of documented experience.

DECISION: Individuals from another jurisdiction (state) must have one year documented experience in order to qualify for an artist operator license.

DECISION: Define tattoo to include permanent makeup.


DECISION: Delay implementation date to January 1, 2011, to allow time for drafting rules.

ACTION ITEMS:

* Obtain a sponsor for the bill
* Trudie asked all to send any conference/convention/association meeting dates via email to the Department.
* Review Fiscal Note for estimated expenditures/revenue-Completed
* Invite Christine Anthony, Public Relations Consultant to discuss common language for media-Completed
* Department will bring the current drafted law changes for tattooing: Completed
* Department will bring back draft grandfather language with edits-Completed




Next meeting:

* Review draft edits of law
* Start drafting rules