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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No. 2311-e.
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: May 18, 1993
SUBJECT: Environmental Health Fee for Tattoo Permits
DEPARTMENT: HEALTH PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No
ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT:
HEALTH DIRECTOR'S OFFICE X2411
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
Hillsborough - 732-8181
Chapel Hill - 968-4501
Mebane - 227-2031
Durham - 688-7331
PURPOSE: To set Environmental Health Fees for the permitting of Tattoo
Operations and Tattoo Artists.
BACKGROUND: Following inquiries from several citizens and town officials, the
Orange County Board of Health adopted a regulation governing the standards for
the operation and maintenance of tattooing establishments in Orange County, at
its meeting of September 24, 1992. The regulations went into effect on
January 1, 1993. The fees for the services were recommended by the Health
Director and adopted by the Board of Health at its meeting of December 10, 1992.
The fee was established to cover the cost of the inspection and is comparable to
fees adopted by Onslow, Cumberland and Wake Counties each of which has adopted a
similar regulation.
The new fee was included in a revised recommended fee schedule for Environmental
Health services which was adopted by the Board of Health at its meeting of
December 10, 1992. The Health Department wishes to implement the inspections
required by the new regulation and seeks the Board of Commissioners approval of
these fees at this time.
Two services have been adopted as indicated below:
TATTOO OPERATOR PERMIT
This activity includes an initial visit to a tattoo parlor to issue
a permit for the operation of the parlor upon determination that
the parlor is in compliance with the tattoo ordinance, and quarterly
visits to assure that the operation remains in compliance.
2
TATTOO ARTIST PERMIT
This activity includes an annual fee charged to each tattoo artist
operating in orange County to ensure that the artist has under gone
an approved training program and has a valid health certificate.
The fee for the Tattoo Operation permit is $200.00 dollars annually. The fee for
the Tattoo artist permit is $100.00 dollars.
According to North Carolina GS130A-39, A local board of health may impose a fee
for services to be rendered by a local health department. Fees shall be based
upon a plan recommended by the local health director and approved by the local
board of health and the appropriate county board of commissioners.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Tattoo Operator permit fee
of $200.00 dollars and the Tattoo artist permit fee of
$100.00 dollars be approved by the Orange County Board of
Commissioners.