Pounded Ink – News

Ordinance To Outlaw Tongue Splitting
By Jane Santucci
Published : October 20, 2009
TERRE HAUTE, IA – Vigo County is currently looking to rewrite the entire ordinance that covers tattoos, body piercings and other procedures.
One particular procedure happening at a few area tattoo parlors has health officials upset.
Devin Feller likes to express himself with tattoos and piercing. [...]

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Talk Concerning Limit On Tattoo Parlors Continues
By Victor Morales
Published : October 2, 2009
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA – Cathedral City officials will revisit the topic of restricting tattoo parlors and body-piercing establishments in the city, perhaps as soon as this month.
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The planning commission voted 4-0 on Sept. 24 to recommend to the City Council a ban on [...]

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California Bill Would Tighten Rules On Tattoos, Piercing
By Susan Ferriss
Published : September 9, 2009
Tattoos were once a standard way for a guy to thumb his forearm at authority.
But veteran tattoo artist Courtney McIntyre says more authority may be what’s needed to better protect customers of the expanding body-art industry.
He’s in favor of a bill approved [...]

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Cocoa Beach Bans Clusters Of Tattoo Studios
By R. Norman Moody
Published : August 21, 2009
COCOA BEACH, FL – The City Commission on Thursday voted to prohibit tattoo studios and body-piercing salons from locating close to existing ones.
In a 4-1 vote, the commission decided to prohibit these businesses from being within 2,000 feet of similar businesses. It [...]

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Tattoo Parlor Fined Under New Rockland Body Art Regulation
By Jane Lerner
Published : August 20, 2009
ROCKLAND, NY – A West Nyack tattoo parlor became the first Rockland establishment fined by the county Board of Health for violating a new law governing body art.
Richard M. Knab, owner and operator of Body Inkorporated at 291 Route 59 was [...]

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State Stalls Tattoo Parlor Regulation Plan
Madison County Already Has Tough Standards
By Chris Coates
Published : August 3, 2009
ILLINOIS – Tougher rules on how often tattoo and body-piercing businesses in Illinois are checked for safety problems have been shelved after problems with state funding. Madison County already has strict guidelines on the operations.
Lawmakers in July 2006 approved [...]

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Lawmaker Aims To Tighten Body Piercing Rules
By Dawn Hasbrouck
Published : July 19. 2009
BOSTON, MA – A Massachusetts lawmaker wants the human body piercing industry to be better regulated statewide.
State Rep. Bruce Ayers, a Democrat who covers Quincy and Randolph, is proposing legislation that would, among other things, have the State Department of Public Health make [...]

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Cocoa Beach Take Step Toward Tattoo Shop Ordinance
By Michelle Spitzer
Published : July 17, 2009
COCOA BEACH, FL – City commissioners took a step Thursday to approve a measure that would regulate the locations of tattoo studios and body-piercing salons and prohibit them in clusters.
After being “introduced” to the ordinance, commissioners said they would approve it. There [...]

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Owners Pleased With Ruling On Tattoo Shop
By Dianna M. Náñez
Published – July 11, 2009
TEMPE, AZ – A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday in favor of a Gilbert couple’s right to open a tattoo studio in Tempe.
Judge Robert Oberbillig said that the Tempe City Council’s decision in 2007 to revoke Tom and Elizabeth Preston’s [...]

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State To Begin Regulating Tattoo Parlors
By Kurt Erickson
Published : July 11, 2009
SPRINGFIELD, IL – More than three years after the law was put on the books, Illinois is poised to begin formally regulating tattoo parlors.
Beginning in August, the Illinois Department of Public Health and local health departments will have the framework in place to start [...]

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