The Tattoo Program regulates the safety of tattooing by inspecting the sanitation and infection control procedures of tattoo artists. Tattooing permits are issued in the name of the individual tattoo artist at a specific tattoo establishment where the artist practices and are nontransferable to another person or place of practice. Each tattoo artist must complete a training program approved by the Department in Universal Precautions or present proof of having satisfactorily completed a course of instruction in Universal Precautions before being issued a permit to engage in tattooing in Richmond County.