Massachusetts Tattoo Laws
Massachusetts Tattoo Laws
Tattooing body of person by other than qualified physician; punishment
Whoever, not being registered as a qualified physician under section two of chapter one hundred and twelve, or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, marks the body of any person by means of tattooing, shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
2000 Main Volume
St.1957, c. 76, was approved Feb. 14, 1957.
St.1962, c. 214, approved March 12, 1962, rewrote the section, which prior thereto read:
"whoever marks the body of a person under the age of eighteen years by means of tattooing shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars."
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