Tattoo and Body Piercing regulations established specific safety, procedural, record-keeping and sanitation standards for businesses engaged in tattooing and/or body piercing. The law and regulations enable local boards of health to better protect the public health by regulating businesses that offer tattooing and/or body piercing services because these procedures present the potential for localized bacterial infection and exposure to bloodborne pathogens. Contaminated or improperly sterilized equipment and the possibility of unsanitary conditions at these locations have raised public health concerns.