SB 5821 - DIGEST
(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

Provides that the local public health officer, under powers and duties provided in RCW 70.05.070, may establish a program to regulate body art operators and body art facilities, based on standards adopted by rule by the state board of health.

Allows local public health officers to develop their own standards, if the standards are not less rigorous than those developed by the state board of health.

Provides that local public health officers may charge a fee or fees to body art facilities and artists sufficient to cover the expenses of their regulatory program under this act, but the fee or fees may not be more than the actual cost of the regulatory program.

Authorizes local public health officers that adopt a regulatory program to work with local body artists in promoting public awareness of the risks of body art and the need to use body artists who meet at least the minimum standards as set forth in the state board of health rules.