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Public Act 098-0936 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||
Section 12C-35 as follows: | ||||
(720 ILCS 5/12C-35) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-10)
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Sec. 12C-35. Tattooing the body of a minor. | ||||
(a) A person, other than a person
licensed
to practice | ||||
medicine in all its branches, commits tattooing the body of a | ||||
minor when he or she knowingly or recklessly tattoos or offers | ||||
to tattoo
a person under the age of 18.
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(b) A person who is an owner or employee of a business that | ||||
performs
tattooing, other than a
person licensed to practice | ||||
medicine in all
its branches,
may not permit a person under 18 | ||||
years of age to enter or remain on the
premises where
tattooing
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is being performed unless the person under 18 years of age is | ||||
accompanied by
his or her
parent or legal guardian. | ||||
(c) "Tattoo" means to insert pigment under
the
surface of | ||||
the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle or | ||||
otherwise,
so as to produce an indelible mark or figure visible | ||||
through the skin.
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(d) Subsection (a) of this Section does not apply to a | ||||
person under 18 years of age who tattoos or offers to tattoo |
another person under 18 years of age away from the premises of | ||
any business at which tattooing is performed. | ||
(d-5) Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section do not apply | ||
to the removal of a tattoo from a person under 18 years of age, | ||
who is a victim of a violation of Section 10-9 of this Code or | ||
who is or has been a streetgang member as defined in Section 10 | ||
of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, if | ||
the removal of the tattoo is performed in an establishment or | ||
multi-type establishment which has received a certificate of | ||
registration from the Department of Public Health or its agent | ||
under the Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishment Registration | ||
Act and the removal of the tattoo is performed by the operator | ||
or an authorized employee of the operator of the establishment | ||
or multi-type establishment. For the purposes of this | ||
subsection (d-5), "tattoo" also means the indelible mark or | ||
figure visible through the skin created by tattooing. | ||
(e) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A | ||
misdemeanor. | ||
(Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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