Section 797.500 Exemptions

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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 PUBLIC HEALTH › CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 797 BODY ART CODE › Section 797.500 Exemptions

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Section 797.500  Exemptions

The following practices, occupations and persons are

exempted from this Part:

a)

The

practice of electrology as defined in the Electrologist Licensing Act

[225

ILCS 412] (Section 10 of the Act);

b)

The

practice of acupuncture as defined in the Acupuncture Practice Act

[225

ILCS 2]) (Section 10 of the Act);

c)

The

use, by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, of

colors, dyes, or pigments for the purpose of obscuring scar tissue or imparting

color to the skin for cosmetic, medical, or figurative purposes

(Section 10

of the Act); and

d)         Individuals

who pierce only the non-cartilaginous portion or lobe of the ear with a

pre-sterilized single-use stud-and-clasp ear-piercing system.

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