New Mexico Register / Volume
XXXIII, Issue 1 / January 11, 2022
This is an amendment to 16.36.3 NMAC, Sections 1, 6, 9 and 10, effective 2/3/2022.
16.36.3.1 ISSUING AGENCY: [Regulation and Licensing Department,] Board
of Body Art Practitioners.
[16.36.3.1 NMAC - Rp,
16.36.3.1 NMAC, 2/4/2016; A, 2/3/2022]
16.36.3.6 OBJECTIVE: To outline the application process for body
art operator licensure and requirements for all establishments.
[16.36.3.6 NMAC - Rp,
16.36.3.6 NMAC, 2/4/2016, A, 2/3/2022]
16.36.3.9 APPLICATION FOR BODY ART
OPERATOR ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE:
A. Any
establishment licensed by the board must be under the immediate supervision of
a board licensed practitioner while licensed activity is being practiced
therein. Incomplete applications will be
returned. All applications are valid for
one year from date received. All fees
are non-refundable.
B. The supervising
licensee(s) must be licensed by the board in tattoo, piercing scarification, or
permanent cosmetics.
C. Application
forms:
(1) Application
for any license to be issued or renewed by the board shall be made on the
official form provided by the board for that purpose.
(2) Applications
for licensure must include:
(a) a
completed and signed application;
(b) name
of the body art establishment;
(c) name
of the operator of the establishment;
(d) government-issued
identification with a photo showing proof of age indicating applicant is at
least 18 years old;
(e) establishment
address;
(f) establishment
phone number;
(g) name(s)
of the body art supervising practitioner(s) working at the establishment, each
of whom must be currently licensed with the board at time of application;
(h) a
copy of current city or county business license;
(i) copy
of current CPR, first aid and blood borne pathogen training certificates, as
defined within 16.36.2 or 16.36.9. or 16.36.10 NMAC pursuant to Chapter
61, Article 17B NMSA 1978;
(j) proof
of current immunizations as defined in 16.36.2 or 16.36.9. or 16.36.10
NMAC pursuant to Chapter 61, Article 17B NMSA 1978;
(k) proof
of disqualifying criminal conviction as defined in 16.36.4.9 NMAC
pursuant to Chapter 61, Article 17B NMSA 1978; and
(l) non-refundable
application fee as required by the board.
D. Renewal of a
body art operator establishment license:
(1) License
will expire one year after date of issue;
(2) Timely
renewal of license(s) is the full and complete responsibility of the licensee;
Failure to renew the license by the expiration date will result in a late fee;
(3) Licensees
shall renew their license on or before the expiration date;
(4) Renewal
of a body art operator establishment license shall include the following
information:
(a) name(s)
of the body art supervising practitioner(s) working at the establishment, must
be currently licensed with the board at time of application;
(b) copy
of current city or county business license;
(c) copy
of current CPR, first aid and blood borne pathogen training certificates, as 16.36.2
or 16.36.9. or 16.36.10 NMAC pursuant to Chapter 61, Article 17B NMSA 1978;
(d) proof
of current immunizations as defined in 16.36.2 or 16.36.9. or 16.36.10
NMAC pursuant to Chapter 61, Article 17B NMSA 1978; and
(e) proof
of disqualifying criminal conviction as defined in 16.36.4.9 NMAC
pursuant to Chapter 61, Article 17B NMSA 1978.
[16.36.3.9 NMAC – N,
2/3/2022]
16.36.3.10 EXPIRED
LICENSE: An operator whose establishment license has
expired shall submit a reinstatement application, payment of reinstatement fee
for each year the license has been expired; and name of licensed operator.
[16.36.3.10 NMAC –
N, 2/3/2022]