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1.20 "PERMIT" means written approval issued by the county auditor to operate a body art establishment. 1.21 "PERSON" means an individual, any form of business or social organization or any other non-governmental legal entity, including but not limited to corporations, partnerships, limited-liability companies, trusts or unincorporated organizations. 1.21 "PHYSICIAN" means a person currently licensed by the state of North Dakota to practice medicine pursuant to the provisions of chapter 43-17 of the North Dakota Century Code. 1.22 "PROCEDURE SURFACE" means any surface of an inanimate object that contacts client's unclothed body during a body art procedure, skin preparation of the area adjacent to and including the body art procedure, or any associated work area which may require sanitizing. 1.23 "SANITIZATION PROCEDURE" means a process of reducing the number of micro-organisms on surfaces and equipment to a safe level as judged by public health standards and which has been approved by the Department. 1.24 "SHARPS" means any objects (sterile or contaminated) that may purposefully or accidentally cut or penetrate the skin or mucosa, including, but not limited to, presterlized, single-use needles: and scalpel blades. 1.25 "SHARPS CONTAINER" means puncture-resistant, leak-proof container that can be closed for handling, storage, transportation, and disposal and that is red in color and labeled with the International Biohazard Symbol. 1.26 "SINGLE USE" means products or items that are intended for one-time, one-person use and are disposed of after use on each client, including, but not limited to, cotton swabs or balls, tissues or paper products, paper or plastic cups, gauze and sanitary covering, razors, piercing needles, scalpel blades, stencil cups, and protective gloves. 1.27 "STERILIZATION" means a very powerful process resulting in the destruction of all forms of microbial life, including highly resistant bacterial spores. 1.28 "T A TTOOING" means any method of placing ink or other pigment into or under the skin or mucosa by the aid of needles or any other instrument used to puncture the skin, resulting in permanent coloration of the skin or mucosa. This term includes all forms of cosmetic tattooing. 1.29 "UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS" means a set of guidelines and controls, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as "Guidelines for Prevention of Transmission of Human Immunodefiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Health-Care and Public- Safety Workers" in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) (MMWR), June 23,1989, Vol. 38, No. 8-6, and as "Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Patients During Exposure-Prone Invasive Procedures", in NNWR, July 12, 1991, Vol.40, No. RR-8. This method of infection control requires the employer and the employee to assume that all human blood and specified