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65-1942

Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH
Article 19.--LICENSURE OF ENTITIES BY STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY

65-1942. Same; prohibited acts; penalty.

  1. No person shall:
    1. Sell, barter or offer to sell or barter a license;
    2. purchase or procure by barter a license with intent to use it as evidence of the person's qualification to practice tattooing, cosmetic tattooing or body piercing;
    3. alter materially a license with fraudulent intent;
    4. use or attempt to use as a valid license a license which has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited or materially altered; or
    5. willfully make a false, material statement in an application for licensure or for renewal of a license.
  2. A violation of subsection (a), and amendments thereto, is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
  3. No person shall:
    1. produce an indelible mark or figure on the body of another by scarring using scalpels or other related equipment;
    2. produce an indelible mark or figure on the body of another by branding using a hot iron or other instrument; or
    3. use any other instrument other than a needle, as defined in K.S.A. 65-1940, and amendments thereto, for the purpose of tattooing, cosmetic tattooing or body piercing.
  4. A violation of any of the prohibitions in subsection (c) is a class A misdemeanor.

History: L. 1996, ch. 138, § 3; L. 2001, ch. 193, § 4; L. 2008, ch. 108, § 13; July 1.