Why are we here?

I'm starting this blog to keep people informed about the rule making process by the Department of Licensing to license body artists in 2010. In Washington state the legislature met and passed a bill to regulate body art. This bill was passed in April of 2009. There is a long history behind this bill that I will cover in a separate blog. I will also have the exact wording of this bill in a separate blog. I'm separating everything into separate blogs to make it easier to find at a glance. We are here right now because you want to stay informed about what the state is going to do and I'm in a position to help do that. My main objective is to keep my colleagues informed and to keep communication flowing between us. If you want to be involved in this process I'm here to help you with that as someone who will be talking directly with the Department of Licensing on a regular basis. I was accepted onto the advisory committee of body artists for the Department of Licensing to advise them in the writing of the rules that we will have to abide by to get and remain licensed. I was lucky enough to be one of the people who knew about the legislation and when I heard that it was about to pass I wrote to the Department to get on the listserv
They have been keeping us informed through email updates since. If you want to be updated by the Department of Licensing as well simply click on the link and sign up.
In mid July they sent out an email asking for resumes for the advisory committee. They had to be in submitted by August 1st. I brought mine in and that is how I was allowed the opportunity to be on the committee.
As of today I do not know who else is on the committee or how many people will be on the committee or why certain people where chosen and not others. I also don't know if there will be more committees in the future. All I know right now is that the legislation passed, we will have to be licensed by July 2010, and they are using an advisory committee made up of people in the body art field.

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