Illinois Tattoo Laws
Illinois Tattoo Laws
HB4232 Engrossed
AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing Section 12-10 as follows:
(720 ILCS 5/12-10) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-10)
Sec. 12-10. Tattooing Body of Minor.) A Any person, other than a person licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, who tattoos or offers to tattoo a person under the age of 18 is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
As used in this Section, to "tattoo" means to insert pigment under the surface of the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle or otherwise, so as to produce an indelible mark or figure visible through the skin.
(Source: P.A. 77-2638.)
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