Body Art Practitioners: Members & Meetings
Board Members
Benjamin Shaw, Chair
Shannon Barnes, Vice Chair
Amy Ward, Professional Member
Billy Pulliam, Professional Member
Michelle Pattin, Professional Member
June 18, 2018 Regular Board Meeting
Agenda
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Body Art Practitioners will convene a regular meeting on Monday, June 18, 2018. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will be held at the Regulation and Licensing Department located at 5500 San Antonio Dr., Albuquerque, NM, in the Main Conference room.
The agenda will be posted and available at least 72 hours before the meeting on the Board’s website at http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/BoardofBodyArtPractitioners_Rules_and_Laws.aspx.
Copies may also be obtained by contacting Arsenio Vargas, Board Administrator, at (505)476-4622.
An individual with a disability who needs a reader, amplifier, qualified signed language interpreter, or other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the meeting should contact Arsenio Vargas, Board Administrator at (505) 476-4622.
Statutory Authority: Sections 61-17B-16, 61-17B-4, 61-17B-5 NMSA 1978; Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978.
16.36.1 NMAC – General Provisions
This part adds new definitions, removes language no longer relevant, and sets out the requirements for posting licenses.
16.36.2 – Licensure Requirements
The amendments to this part consolidate all the requirements for body art apprentice licensure and reorganize the entire section. There is new language about apprentice license and permanent cosmetics license. Redundant language was deleted. The order of operations was streamlined and the board can now gather more detailed information about an applicant. The practitioner license is no longer available as it is changed to a sponsor license. The part consolidates all body art practitioners’ license requirements. The training requirements were clarified. . One entire section is specific to body piercing-scarification apprenticeship training. The training hours were reduced to 1200 hours. There is another section specific to tattoo. In the specific part to Permanent Cosmetics the hours of training were increased to 255 for health and safety reasons. The part provides new sections for expedited licensure for military service members, expired licenses and crossover hours.
16.36.3 – Requirements for establishments
The part was amended to reflect separation requirements in establishments based on recommendations from the department of health and regulation and licensing department inspectors.