65-1942. Same; prohibited acts; penalty.

65-1942

Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH
Article 19.--LICENSURE OF ENTITIES BY STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY

      65-1942.   Same; prohibited acts;penalty.(a) No person shall:

      (1)   Sell, barter or offer to sell or barter a license;

      (2)   purchase or procure by barter a license with intent touse it asevidence of the person's qualification to practice tattooing, cosmetictattooing or body piercing;

      (3)   alter materially a license with fraudulent intent;

      (4)   use or attempt to use as a valid license a licensewhich has beenpurchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited or materially altered; or

      (5)   willfully make a false, material statement in anapplication forlicensure or for renewal of a license.

      (b)   A violation of subsection (a), and amendments thereto, is a classA nonperson misdemeanor.

      (c)   No person shall:

      (1)   produce an indelible mark or figure on the body of another by scarringusing scalpelsor other related equipment;

      (2)   produce an indelible mark or figure on the body of another by brandingusing a hotiron or other instrument; or

      (3)   use any other instrument other than a needle, as defined in K.S.A.65-1940, andamendments thereto, for the purpose of tattooing, cosmetic tattooing or bodypiercing.

      (d)   A violation of any of the prohibitions in subsection (c) is a class Amisdemeanor.

      History:   L. 1996, ch. 138, § 3;L. 2001, ch. 193, § 4;L. 2008, ch. 108, § 13; July 1.