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Sec. 18-403. Maintenance of premises. (a) Ail tattooing establishments shall be equipped with running hot and cold water, with adequate toilet facilities, and with all such appliances,furnishings and materials as may be necessary to enable persons employed in and about such establishments to ~omply with the requirements of this article. (b) The floors, furnishings and equipment of tattooing establishments shall be kept clean at all times during busi- ness hours. For purposes of this paragraph a floor shall not be considered clean if it has not been swept and mopped within the preceding twenty-four hour period. (c) Ail operating tables in tattooing establishments shall be constructed of metal with white enamel or porcelain finish, or stainless steel. (d) Each tattooing establishment shall have adequate light- ing and ventilation. For purposes of this paragraph lighting or ventilation shall be considered as inadequate if it fails to comply with a standard prescribed by the Health Officer. (e) No tattooing establishment shall be used as a sleep- ing room or dormitory. Sec. 18-404. Source of Dyes and Inks (a) Proprietors of tattooing establiskment~ shall, on request of the Health Officer, submit in writing.to the Eealth Officer the source of all dyes or inks retained for use in tattooing operations, and thereafter shall notify the Health Officer in writing of any dyes or inks obtained for use in tattooing operations from any source other than those~previously submitted. (b) No dyes or inks from any sources which have been disapproved by the Health Officer shall be retained available for use in tattooing operations. Sec. 18-405. Maintenance of pigments, dyes, and equip- ment. No pigments, dyes, or equipment shall~be retained available for use in tattooing operations unless cleaned and sterilized as provided in this section. For purposes of this section, equipment shall include needles, needle tubes, towels, blade holders, wiping cloths, paper towels and napkins, charcoal, gauze bandages (unless purchased in individual sterile packages), and all similar items. (a) Ail equipment shall be thoroughly cleaned~before being sterilized. Instruments shall be cleaned with soap~or detergent by use of a brush. The interior of needle barrels shall be brushed. After cleaning, equipment shall be thoroughly rinsed under running fresh tap water. (b) Ail equipment shall be steriliz~ ~y~ a~toclaving. Each piece of equipment shall be individually wrapped with paper in an approved method for autoclaving. Metal foil may not be used. Tattooing needles shall be threaded through the metal tube that attaches to the tattooing vibrator and shall be placed in a glass (or autoclaveable plastic test tube) with a cotton plug for autoclaving. Wiping tissues shall be steri- lized in a single pack to be used for one tattoo only and then be discarded. All packs shall be marked with temperature recording tape or labels.