TATTOO PROS

Tattooing Regulations: Most states have or adopting regulations for professional tattoo artist and studios, I personal feel if you’re a professional then your going to want to be involved in making it a better industry, if you not then jump off.

Law Unlicensed Tattooing: laws that are directed at unlicensed individuals Tattooing will increase the cost to the Scratchers and Scab merchants and make it a crime for them to do it, enforcement will significantly reduce illegal tattooing only ones that don’t want that to happen is the Scratchers and Scab Merchants.

NEW Regulations; have a Grand fathering period were individuals who actually have tattooed in tattoo shops can get licensed without testing.

The funny things is all you need to look around most tattoo business are legit today! The APT, the National Tattoo Association has been setting professional standards since the 70’S.

I have been paying filing tax returns for tattooing income for over 20 years.

I know a lot of us do not know how government works so here a little incite:

In the past the government made tattooing illegal, it was called a barbaric art form that must be made illegal to practice and it was made Illegal. There were those that believed tattooing was as true art form and a profession that needed the protection afforded by the United States Constitution along with that protection comes regulations. So we got that protection and it was degreed to be the oldest art form and need protection.

Government Regulations are for city, state and federal agencies to have guild-lines in place to provide a method of managing varies areas the business communities, and the public interest. All business within any city require the meeting of many types of regulations, Professional Occupations like tattooing are also regulated. 

During alcohol prohibition organized crime made money when it was made legal and regulated and criminal prosecuted most bootleggers went out of business, those who continued were prosecuted under the tax evasion laws and alcohol business licensing regulations.

It happened in tattooing many criminals got involved and then along came regulations making it legal and requiring licensing problem is many artist chose to do nothing and did not help in the drafting of the regulations, so they ended up with ones that for the most part are ineffective in protecting the occupation.

Business Regulation: that are set in place are generally for governing health standards, so agencies can enforce business operations and protect the community health and the cities interest.

Professional Occupation: Regulations set the standard of skill and knowledge to perform within a given occupation; these standards come from within the professional occupational community, I.E other tattoo artist. If you have ones you don’t like or no standards at all in you state and or city it is because you have not been involved yourself in the government process.

Unlicensed Laws: If you have a community over run with underground unlicensed individuals tattooing it is because you have not as a community of Tattoo professionals acted within your state and city to enact laws to help stop the problem.

Is there a perfect solution to any problem no never has been never will be, does doing nothing make it better, no that’s how it became a problem in the first place.

Regards: Randy A. Holder

PAGE ELEMENTS

Hello everyone I took the time today to add some page elements to the BLOG Site, I wanted Viewers and Readers to actually be able to see the who was in fact supporting the bill and at what level is their support. 

NEW ELEMENTS

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Type: magazine, Associations, Supplies, Manufactures, State...., Support...

TATTOO ARTIST AND OWNERS SUPPORT: Name:..., Title...., State....,  Support. .....

OVERSEAS SUPPORT FROM OWNERS AND ARTIST: Name:..., Title...., State...., Support.....

I also moved around a few of the page elements to make them easier to find: Comments and Voting feature please do leave a Comment and or Suggestions on what you like to see added.

Only been up less then a week and I feel the page is starting to have a organized professional feel to it..

State “Tattooing Public Safety Bill 2012” Representative or Liaison

Thank you for your interest in becoming your State’s “Tattooing Public Safety Bill 2012” Representative or Liaison.

If you have a background in government politics and or are a lobbyist great already you already know what to do as a Representative, if not you still can be a Liaison for the Tattoo Industry in your state, you would need be able to be very professional and speak to other intelligently about becoming involved and supporting the Bill.

First being the Bills State Liaison to for the Tattoo industry might require talking before committees or even congress on behalf of the Tattoo Industry. There are many roles that and individual can undertake, first and foremost it just helping on any level you can.

So Ideally your mission should you chose to under take it would be to network locally seeking out key individuals, or groups or committees within your state and gather the information and resources through these organizations and groups to utilize the Intel and Resources to successful submit and lobby the Tattooing Public Safety Bill 2012” on before your states legislative branch of government.

That might only include finding someone to Sponsor the Bill or finding a sub committee or a congressmen or a lobbyist to represent the bill.

Networking would mean contacting other tattoo industry artist and business and asking them to get involved, joining our effort, some will become part of the groups or committees or lobbyist some may only sign the Petition for there state and also sign the Nationwide Bill for the US Senate for us.

So basically it would be finding the man or woman that knows what to do or the right person to take the ball and run all the way across the goal line in your state, that might be you or someone you know or meet.


Everyone has a bit of Greatness in him or her!

Thank You and Best Regards: Randy A Holder, Author

Donating Blood

I found the conversation on BME NEWS by Rob about the deferral period post-tattooing for donating blood very interesting in light of my resent efforts to develop a Bill to submit to each states legislative branch of government to introduce laws to be enacted to reduce the amount of individuals provide underground tattoo and piercing applications.

Fact:  Aids and even Heb C came into view it had already been widely spread through blood transfusions for many many years because the markers had not been develop to find the disease in blood, unforchantly like many new disease it is only discovered after there is lots of damage to the individuals health or they die and after it has been widely spread through blood transfusions

Fact: The screening for virus HEP-C wasn't  introduced until 1991 when it is believed the signs and symptoms had been around since 1950's.

Devil's Advocate: I am going to play devil's advocate here for a moment, what if unforchantly your blood infected a baby or child, or a mother, or anyone else for that matter, would you be all right with that and just shrug it off and say I had good intentions, I read a Fortune Cookie once it said "The Road to Hell Is Paved  with Good Intentions'

Fact: Patient groups are calling for all those who had a blood transfusion or received treatment derived from donated blood before 1991 to go get tested for disease.

True Case: : Widespread shock in 2004 when Dame Anita Roddick announced she had hepatitis C, she caught the virus, which destroyed her liver, after a hospital blood transfusion in 1974.

Sadly Dame Anita Roddick  in need of the blood to save her life while giving birth had lived with hep C for more than 30 years before discovering she had it, by which time she was suffering from cirrhosis (severe scarring) of the liver.

She died three years later aged 64 of a brain haemorrhage, a rare complication of the disease.

She did not take the inherent risk associated with receiving a tattoo or other known causes, yet she became infected through what was to be a lifesaving blood transfusion and lived a live of illness and died as a result of complications caused from Heb C.

Fact: No one who has had a Blood transfusion is allowed EVER to Donate Blood

Fact: Up to 4 million Americans are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus.

Fact: The hepatitis B virus, or HBV, can still be infectious for up to a week outside the body.

Fact: The hepatitis C virus, or HCV, can live outside the body for up to 4 days.

Fact: Research from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases showed that out of 3,871 people studied (half with hepatitis C and half without), there was a significant association between having one or more tattoos and having hepatitis C. In short, the study found that people with hepatitis C were about three times more likely to have tattoos.

Reality: Cross Contamination transfer of  HEP-C can happen very easily if strict guild-lines are not followed, OSHA requires all tattoo artist to be trained in there guild-line.

Scenario: The customer before you has HEP-C and your artist has blood on the gloves worn during the applying of his tattoo, he touches anything and transfers blood fluids onto the item, then he inadvertently uses the same item while tattooing you, power supply knob, spray bottle, tattoo machine, ink bottle,  then he touches your skin or the tattoo needle and tattoos microbes, the bacteria  viruses right into your body, hence you have now been infected, but nothing happens tell 20 years later when you discover your going to die from live damage or any of the 12 other side effect caused by HEP-C.

Conclusion: I mean you new the risk when you got the tattoo you signed the waver with warnings about possible infections, and not be able to give blood, so you now why complain?, why want to even take the slightest risk of possibly causing harm to someone because of your personal choices?

Safe: Simply fact if you have received your tattoo in a state or city that strictly regulates tattooing your going to have a very reduced chance of contracting HEB-C or HEB-B from a tattoo if the tattoo artist actually follows all the strict safety procedures.  But lets be on the safe side, lets not risk someone life on a opinion, lets be safe and let the individuals who are in the business of blood for life saving make the expert decisions on when to adopt a change to waiting periods.

Professional Opinion: I know the risk I have been tattooing for over 25 yrs professionally and have known both artist to die from HEP-C, and other individuals too.

Today: more then ever the public is receiving tattoos from unlicensed, untrained, non-certified individuals, in non-sanitary conditions and in uncontrollable environments.

Questions: How many will report that the tattoos were not done professional?
                     How many people do you know today who have home made tattoos?
                     How many people do you know  say a friend or a cousin doing tattoos out there house?
                     How many many times have you heard about a tattoo guy at a house party?

Answer: probably lot if your age 16 to 35 and have tattoos.

Time for Action: I am personally trying to do something to help protect our future generations,  the public's health from making bad choices and reduce the transition of Disease from underground tattooing individuals.

Question:   would you go to someone house to have a your teeth removed or get acupuncture treatments,  probably not, because you would be afraid of something going wrong and for good reason.

Law: It is against the law and public health regulations to perform like a doc, nurse, any type of practitioner unless you have been licensed or have certification do any type of medical procedure.

Definition: Tattooing is a minimally invasive medical procedure is defined by the medical community, as one that is carried out by entering the body through the skin.

Presently: there are no laws, regulations, or codes in place to protect our community health from disease transmitting through underground tattooing individuals.

Social Perception: if it's was wrong or that risky for you would the government make it illegal, not until a lot of people die or we take action.

Risk: Your teenager, brother, sister or even mother maybe unaware of the high risk of contagiousness disease from improper tattooing procedures, and go ahead and get a tattoo while at someones house party and spends the remainder of there life fighting for their life because of it.

Protect: Help make our community aware and our community  future health a government priority support the "Tattooing Public Safety Bill 2012 http://stop-tattoo-scratcher.blogspot.com/

Regards: Randy Holder