Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-38-302

  • Body piercing: includes ear piercing except when the ear piercing procedure is performed on the ear with an ear piercing gun. See Tennessee Code 62-38-301
  • Disinfecting: means a process that kills or destroys nearly all disease-producing microorganisms, with the exception of bacterial spores. See Tennessee Code 62-38-301
  • License: means the issuance of a license to perform body piercing to an individual, partnership, firm, association or corporation. See Tennessee Code 62-38-301
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Sterilization: means holding in an autoclave for fifteen (15) minutes at fifteen (15) pounds of pressure and at a temperature of two hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit (250°. See Tennessee Code 62-38-301

No person shall perform a body piercing procedure without a license and in a manner that does not meet the standards for appropriate disinfecting and sterilization of invasive equipment used in performing the procedures established by this part and the rules adopted pursuant to this part.