Lake County Cracks Down On Tattoo and Body Piercing Shops

By Anna Deem in News on May 8, 2010 9:00PM

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The Lake County Health Department will begin a new inspection program on May 18, investigating tattoo and body piercing shops. According to a release from the department, the program is being funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health with an initial grant of $5,675. Out of all the tattoo and piercing establishments in Lake County, only 11 have currently applied for permits, the release also revealed.

"This new initiative will fall under our communicable disease prevention programming," Health Department Executive Director Irene Pierce said to the Chicago Sun-Times. "This grant will be managed by our STD/HIV program and will provide guidance and oversight to prevent blood borne pathogen infection for both Lake County residents and the artists within the establishments."

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