1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health occupations; modifying requirements for supervisors of temporary 
1.3 	body art technicians;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 146B.03, by 
1.4 	adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 
1.5 	146B.02, subdivision 7a.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 146B.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.8 	to read:
1.9 		Subd. 7a.Supervisors. (a) A technician must have been licensed in Minnesota or in a 
1.10 	jurisdiction with which Minnesota has reciprocity for at least:
1.11 	(1) two years as a tattoo technician in order to supervise a temporary tattoo technician; 
1.12 	or
1.13 	(2) one year as a body piercing technician in order to supervise a temporary body piercing 
1.14 	technician.
1.15 	(b) Any technician who agrees to supervise more than two temporary tattoo technicians 
1.16 	during the same time period, or more than four body piercing technicians during the same 
1.17 	time period, must provide to the commissioner a supervisory plan that describes how the 
1.18 	technician will provide supervision to each temporary technician in accordance with section 
1.19 	146B.01, subdivision 28.
1.20 	(c) The commissioner may refuse to approve as a supervisor a technician who has been 
1.21 	disciplined in Minnesota or in another jurisdiction after considering the criteria in section 
1.22 	146B.02, subdivision 10, paragraph (b).

2.1 	Sec. 2.  REPEALER.
 2.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 146B.02, subdivision 7a, is repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 18-5970 

146B.02 ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE PROCEDURES.Subd. 7a.Supervisors. 
(a) Only a technician who has been licensed as a body artist for at least two years in Minnesota or in a jurisdiction with which Minnesota has reciprocity may supervise a temporary technician. 

(b) Any technician who agrees to supervise more than two temporary technicians during the same time period must provide to the commissioner a supervisory plan that describes how the technician will provide supervision to each temporary technician in accordance with section 146B.01, subdivision 28. 

(c) The commissioner may refuse to approve as a supervisor a technician who has been disciplined in Minnesota or in another jurisdiction after considering the criteria described in subdivision 10, paragraph (b).