Chapter Med 15

Chapter Med 15

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY DEFINED:
EXCLUSION OF TATTOOING AND BODY PIERCING

Med 15.01   Authority and purpose.

Med 15.02   Tattooing and body piercing.

Med 15.01 Med 15.01 Authority and purpose. The rules in this chapter are adopted by the medical examining board pursuant to the authority delegated by ss. 15.08 (5), 227.11 and 448.40, Stats., and further define the practice of medicine and surgery.

Med 15.01 History History: Cr. Register, October, 1977, No. 262, eff. 11-1-77; correction made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, May, 1989, No. 401.

Med 15.02 Med 15.02 Tattooing and body piercing. The practice of medicine and surgery is further defined not to include tattooing and body piercing when done for purposes of bodily adornment.

Med 15.02 History History: Cr. Register, October, 1977, No. 262, eff. 11-1-77; am. Register, August, 1996, No. 488, eff. 9-1-96.