§ 14-1340. License requirements.

(a)

Procedures on minors. No tattooing, nipple or genital piercing, branding, scarification, suspension, subdermal implantation, microdermal, or tongue bifurcation shall be performed by any technician on any individual under the age of 18 regardless of parental or guardian consent.

(b)

Prohibited procedures. No person shall engage in the branding, implantation, suspension, or scarification of another person.

(c)

Prohibition on license transfer. The license granted under this article is for the person and the premises named on the approved license application. No transfer of a license shall be permitted from place to place or from person to person without first complying with the requirements of an original application, except when an existing noncorporate licensee is incorporated and incorporation does not affect the ownership, control, and interest of the existing licensed establishment.

(d)

Hours of operation. A licensee under this article shall not be open for business for body art procedures before 7:00 a.m. nor after 11:00 p.m.

(e)

Licensed premises. The body art establishment license is only effective for the compact and contiguous space specified in the approved license application. If the licensed premises is enlarged, altered, or extended, the licensee shall inform the issuing authority.

(f)

Effect of license suspension or revocation. No person shall solicit business or offer to perform body art services while under license suspension or revocation by the city.

(g)

Maintenance of order. The licensee shall be responsible for the conduct of the business being operated and shall at all times maintain conditions of order.

(h)

Employee lists. The following information for each technician employed or performing body art procedures in the establishment:

(1)

Name;

(2)

Home address;

(3)

Home telephone number;

(4)

Date of birth;

(5)

Copy of an identification photo; and

(6)

Copy of current license as required by Minn. Stats. ch. 146B.03 or current guest artist license as required by Minn. Stats. ch. 146B.04.

(i)

Liability insurance. All licensees shall have at all times a valid certificate of insurance issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the state indicating that the licensee is currently covered in the body art business by a liability insurance policy. The minimum limits of coverage for such insurance shall be as follows:

(1)

Each claim, at least $200,000.00.

(2)

Each group of claims, at least $500,000.00.

Such insurance shall be kept in force during the term of the license and shall provide for notification to the city prior to termination or cancellation. A certificate of insurance shall be filed with the city.

(j)

License verification and issuance. The police department is empowered to conduct any and all investigations to verify the information on the application, including ordering a computerized criminal history inquiry and/or a driver's license history inquiry on the applicant. Within seven days of receipt of a complete application, the issuing authority shall grant or deny the application. An applicant who is denied a license by the issuing authority shall be granted a right to appeal to the city council.

(Ord. 940, 7-28-2014)