Prohibited acts

On and after July 1, 2014, no person shall: (1) Buy, sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any diploma, certificate, license, record or registration purporting to show that any person is qualified or authorized to practice tattooing, as provided in section 20-266o, or participate in buying, selling, fraudulently obtaining or furnishing any such document; (2) practice or attempt or offer to practice tattooing under cover of any diploma, certificate, license, record or registration illegally or fraudulently obtained or signed, or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representation or mistake of fact in a material regard; (3) practice or attempt or offer to practice tattooing under a name other than such person's own name or under a false or assumed name; (4) aid or abet practice by a person not lawfully licensed to practice tattooing within this state or by a person whose license to practice has been suspended or revoked; (5) use in such person's advertising the word “tattoo”, “tattooing” or any description of services involving marking or coloring, in an indelible manner, the skin of any person, without having obtained a license under the provisions of section 20-266o; (6) practice tattooing on a person who is an unemancipated minor under eighteen years of age without the permission of such person's parent or guardian; or (7) engage in the practice of tattooing without having obtained a license or temporary permit under the provisions of section 20-266o. No person shall, during the time such person's license as a tattoo technician is revoked or suspended, practice or attempt or offer or advertise to practice tattooing or be employed by, work with or assist, in any way, any person licensed to practice tattooing. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.