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Washington, DC may institute 24-hour waiting period for tattoos and piercings
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Sep 07, 2013 06:20pm |
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| Author | Eric Pfeiffer |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Sunday, September 8, 2013 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | If you had to stop and think about it for a day, would you still get that giant dragon tattoo across your back?
That’s the question being raised by health regulators in our nation’s capital, where Washington, DC officials are considering a mandatory 24-hour waiting period before getting a tattoo or body piercings.
"The licensee or operator of a body art establishment shall ensure that no tattoo artist applies any tattoo to a customer until after twenty-four (24)hours have passed since the customer first requested the tattoo," reads the language of proposed language of new regulations from Washington DC’s Department of Health.
“We’re making sure when that decision is made that you’re in the right frame of mind, and you don’t wake up in the morning . . . saying, ‘Oh my God, what happened?’ Washington DC Health Department Spokeswoman Najma Roberts told the Washington Post.
In other words, the potential new regulation would largely be aimed at stopping people from getting a tattoo while drunk, or under the influence of other drugs.
“They can’t be responsible for themselves, as well as the person doing the work on them,” Roberts said.
Once largely relegated to the counter culture, tattoos have become mainstream in recent years. A 2010 Pew Research Study found that more than 23 percent of people in the U.S. have a tattoo .
However, getting a tattoo can still carry a social cost in some circles. For example, a recent New York Times story found that 61 percent of human resource managers say a visible tattoo could hurt someone’s job prospects . Interestingly, that number is actually up from 57 percent in 2011. |
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