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Body Piercing

Florida Department of Health in Okeechobee County, Environmental Health

Body piercing, a form of body art, is the act of penetrating the skin to make, generally permanent in nature, a hole, mark, or scar. It does not include the use of a mechanized, pre-sterilized ear-piercing system that penetrates the outer perimeter or lobe of the ear or both.

In 1999, the Florida Legislature passed section 381.0075, Florida Statutes, providing guidance for operation of the body-piercing industry.  Chapter 64E-19, Florida Administrative Code contains the rules that were written to implement the statute.

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