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          House Engrossed
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  State of Arizona
  House of Representatives
  Forty-seventh
  Legislature
  First Regular Session
  2005
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     HOUSE BILL 2679
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AN ACT

AMENDING TITLE 44, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 10, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 44-1342; RELATING TO TATTOO WASTE DISPOSAL.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 44, chapter 9, article 10, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 44-1342, to read:

44-1342. Tattoo needles and waste; disposal; civil penalty

A. A TATTOO NEEDLE AND ANY WASTE EXPOSED TO HUMAN BLOOD THAT IS GENERATED IN THE CREATION OF A TATTOO SHALL BE DISPOSED OF IN THE SAME MANNER AS BIOHAZARDOUS MEDICAL WASTE PURSUANT TO SECTION 49-761.

B. A PERSON WHO DISPOSES OF A TATTOO NEEDLE OR ANY WASTE GENERATED IN THE CREATION OF A TATTOO IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS LIABLE FOR A CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.