Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1130
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Health Regulation (Sobel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 877.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         877.04 Tattooing prohibited; penalty.—
    8         (1) It is unlawful for any person to tattoo the body of any
    9  human being; except that tattooing may be performed by a person
   10  licensed to practice medicine or dentistry under chapters 458
   11  and 459 or chapter 466, or by a person under his or her general
   12  supervision as defined by the Board of Medicine.
   13         (2) Any person who violates the provisions of this section
   14  commits shall be guilty of a felony misdemeanor of the third
   15  second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, or s.
   16  775.083, or s. 775.084.
   17         (3) No body of a minor shall be tattooed without the
   18  written notarized consent of the parent or legal guardian.
   19         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.
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   22         And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   24  and insert:
   25                        A bill to be entitled                      
   26         An act relating to the practice of tattooing; amending
   27         s. 877.04, F.S.; increasing the criminal penalty for
   28         human tattooing by unauthorized persons and for
   29         tattooing a minor without the written notarized
   30         consent of the parent or legal guardian; providing an
   31         effective date.