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CASS COUNTY COMMISSION POLICY MANUAL 38. SUBJECT: ORDINANCE #2004-- (BODY ART REGULATION) ADOPTED DATE: Page 1 of ~ OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF BODY ART AND BODY ART ESTABLISHMENTS INCLUDING TATOOS AND BODY PIERCING Section 1 . Definitions. As used in this ordinance, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following definitions shall apply: A. "Body Art" means the practice of physical body adornment by permitted establishments and operators using, but not limited to, the following techniques: body piercing, tattooing, cosmetic tattooing, branding, and scarification. B. "Body Art Establishment" means any place or premise where the practices of body art, whether or not for profit, are performed, except where such practices are performed by a physician or surgeon who has a current license for the practice of medicine issued by the State of North Dakota pursuant to Chapter 43-17 of the North Dakota Century Code. C. "Body Piercing" means puncturing or penetration of the skin of a person with other pre-sterilized single-use needles and the insertion of pre-sterilized jewelry or other adornment thereto in the opening, except that puncturing the outer perimeter or lobe of the ear with a per-sterilized single-use stud-and- clasp-ear - piercing system shall not be included in this definition. D. II Department" means Fargo Cass County Health Department, or its authorized representatives. E. "Ear Piercing" means the puncturing of the non-cartilaginous perimeter or lobe of the ear with a pre-sterilized single-use stud-and-clasp ear-piercing system following manufacturer's instructions. F. "Operator" means any person who controls, operates, manages, conducts, or practices body art activities at a body art establishment. The term includes an assistant or technician who performs body art activities and who works under the supervision, control, or authority of somebody else who is an operator.