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Sec. 18-410. Same smoking. No operator shall smoke while performing a tattooing operation. Sec. 18-411. Same - apparel of operator. The operator must wear a clean, light-colored, short- sleeved smock while performing the tattooing operation. Sec. 18-412. Same - cleanliness of operator. No operator shall perform a tattooing operation with un- clean hands. For purposes of this paragraph hands' shall not be considered clean unless they have been thoroughly washed with soap and water and dried with individual, single-use towels prior to starting the operation. Sec. 18-413. Same - shaving. No tattooing operation involving shaving shall be per- formed unless the skin is washed with soap prior to the shaving and unless the blade used in shaving is previously unused and unless the blade holder has been autoclaved since its previous use. Sec. 18-414. Same - skin preparation. No tattooing operation shall be performed unless the skin is adequately prepared prior to the operation. For purposes of this paragraph, skin shall be considered properl~ prepared if it is thoroughly washed with soap following shaving and thereafter scrubbed gently three times with seventy per cent (70%) isopropyl alcohol, using a separate sterile ~uaze pad each such time; and no alternate method of skin preparation shall be considered adequate unless approved in wr±ting by the Health Officer. Sec. 18-415. Same - use of stencils. No tattooing operation involving the use of stencils shall be performed unless all of the following requirements have been complied with: (a) each stencil must be precleaned pursuant to Section 18-406. (b) each stencil, having been precleaned, ~must be wiped with sterile qauze soaked in seventy per cent (70%) alcohol and air dryed immediately prior to its use in the tattooing operation. (c) petroleu~ jelly used for stencils must~be obtained from a collapsible tube which has not previously been used in any tattooing operation and m~st be applied to the skin with a sterile g~mze which has not previously been used. Sec. 18-416. Same - use of approved dyes. No tattooing operation shall be performed using dyes or inks of a type that has been disapproved for use by the' Health Officer pursuant to Section 18-404.