252.24

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252.24 Regulation of body piercing and body-piercing establishments.

252.24(1)

(1) Definitions. In this section:

252.24(1)(a)

(a) “Body piercer” means a person who performs body piercing on another.

252.24(1)(c)

(c) “Body-piercing establishment” means the premises where a body piercer performs body piercing.

252.24(1)(b)

(b) “Body piercing” means perforating any human body part or human tissue, except an ear, and placing a foreign object in the perforation in order to prevent the perforation from closing.

252.24(2)

(2) Department; duty. Except as provided in §§ 250.041 and 252.241, the department shall provide uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of body piercers and uniform, statewide licensing and regulation of body-piercing establishments under this section. The department shall inspect a body-piercing establishment once before issuing a license for the body-piercing establishment under this section and may make additional inspections that the department determines are necessary.

252.24(3)

(3) License required. Except as provided in sub. (5), no person may pierce the body of or attempt to pierce the body of another, designate or represent himself or herself as a body piercer or use or assume the title “body piercer” unless the person is licensed under this section.

252.24(4)

(4) Rule making. The department shall promulgate all of the following as rules:

252.24(4)(a)

(a) Except as provided in §§ 250.041 and 252.241, standards and procedures, including fee payment to offset the cost of licensing body piercers and body-piercing establishments, for the annual issuance of licenses as body piercers or as body-piercing establishments to applicants under this section.

252.24(4)(b)

(b) Standards for the performance of body piercing by a licensed body piercer and for the maintenance of a licensed body-piercing establishment, which will promote safe and adequate care and treatment for individuals who receive body piercing and eliminate or greatly reduce the danger of exposure by these individuals to communicable disease or infection.

252.24(5)

(5) Exception. This section does not apply to a dentist who is licensed under § 447.03 (1) or to a physician who pierces the body of or offers to pierce the body of a person in the course of the dentist’s or physician’s professional practice.