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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 12C-35 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (720 ILCS 5/12C-35) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-10)
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| 7 | Sec. 12C-35. Tattooing the body of a minor. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A person, other than a person
licensed
to practice | ||||||
| 9 | medicine in all its branches, commits tattooing the body of a | ||||||
| 10 | minor when he or she knowingly or recklessly tattoos or offers | ||||||
| 11 | to tattoo
a person under the age of 18.
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| 12 | (b) A person who is an owner or employee of a business that | ||||||
| 13 | performs
tattooing, other than a
person licensed to practice | ||||||
| 14 | medicine in all
its branches,
may not permit a person under 18 | ||||||
| 15 | years of age to enter or remain on the
premises where
tattooing
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| 16 | is being performed unless the person under 18 years of age is | ||||||
| 17 | accompanied by
his or her
parent or legal guardian. | ||||||
| 18 | (c) "Tattoo" means to insert pigment under
the
surface of | ||||||
| 19 | the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle or | ||||||
| 20 | otherwise,
so as to produce an indelible mark or figure visible | ||||||
| 21 | through the skin.
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| 22 | (d) Subsection (a) of this Section does not apply to a | ||||||
| 23 | person under 18 years of age who tattoos or offers to tattoo | ||||||
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| 1 | another person under 18 years of age away from the premises of | ||||||
| 2 | any business at which tattooing is performed. | ||||||
| 3 | (d-5) Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section do not apply | ||||||
| 4 | to the removal of a tattoo from a person under 18 years of age, | ||||||
| 5 | who is a victim of a violation of Section 10-9 of this Code or | ||||||
| 6 | who is or has been a streetgang member as defined in Section 10 | ||||||
| 7 | of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, if | ||||||
| 8 | the removal of the tattoo is performed in an establishment or | ||||||
| 9 | multi-type establishment which has received a certificate of | ||||||
| 10 | registration from the Department of Public Health or its agent | ||||||
| 11 | under the Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishment Registration | ||||||
| 12 | Act and the removal of the tattoo is performed by the operator | ||||||
| 13 | or an authorized employee of the operator of the establishment | ||||||
| 14 | or multi-type establishment. For the purposes of this | ||||||
| 15 | subsection (d-5), "tattoo" also means the indelible mark or | ||||||
| 16 | figure visible through the skin created by tattooing. | ||||||
| 17 | (e) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A | ||||||
| 18 | misdemeanor. | ||||||
| 19 | (Source: P.A. 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 21 | becoming law.
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