![]() The department emphasized that the Honolulu Tattoo Expo is not affiliated in any way with the annual Pacific Ink and Art Expo. Under state law, the department may impose fines of up to $10,000 per violation, and has opted to issue the maximum amount, it said, “due to the expo operators’ open disregard for Hawaii laws designed to protect public health.” The requirement, the department says, ensures tattoo artists have received formal course work in required aseptic techniques and practices to prevent the transmission of bloodborne diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis B, tetanus, and others, when tattooing. Several courses are available online for varying fees.Īpplicants submit the certificate, along with a tuberculosis and syphilis report form and fee to get a state license. To obtain the license, applicants must first attend a bloodborne pathogen transmission prevention class approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and pass an exam to get a certificate. Under state law, any person that practices the art of tattooing must have a valid Hawaii tattoo license that shows they are trained on the prevention of bloodborne diseases. “We also own a tattoo shop,” he said, “so we would never put the safety of people’s health above profits.” He said he plans to contest the penalty within 20 days. Hernandez said his group, Tattoo Tour of Los Angeles, has organized more than 15 events, but that this was the first one in Hawaii. None of the people got a second citation.” “There were health inspectors during the entire event from beginning to end. ![]() “Everybody that we asked to stop tattooing stopped tattooing,” said Hernandez by phone. He acknowledges that on-site state inspectors had issued citations to some unlicensed tattoo artists at the expo, but that as soon as he was informed of it, he responded accordingly by telling them to stop tattooing. Hernandez said he was caught off guard by the hefty fines, and felt there was a lack of communication from the health department. We hope this maximum fine sends a strong message to tattoo expo operators that only those persons with a valid Hawaii state tattoo artist license may practice the occupation of tattooing in Hawaii.” La Expo Feria del Pulque est por iniciar, as que si disfrutas de esta bebida de. “They placed profits above public health. The event brought together various tattoo artists, suppliers, and. “The complete disregard for public health rules placed the public at undue risk of contracting a bloodborne disease,” said Peter Oshiro, the department’s food safety branch program manager, in a news release. 25, four additional individuals, practice the art of tattooing at the expo without a valid state license. 24, state agents observed eight individuals, and on Jan. 24 and 25 at the Hawaii Convention Center, received the penalty for aiding and abetting the unlicensed artists. Serving as an expo hall for the three days is the Best STEP Forward gym at 260 E. Hernandez, promoters of the event held on Jan. There were plenty to tattooists to choose from as some 62 artists came from all over for the fourth annual Desert Sunset Tattoo Expo, which started Friday afternoon and runs through Sunday, April 10. There, she is a member of the Palm Springs Museum of Art and a prominent Old Las Palmas-area patron.The state Health Department has fined promoters of the Honolulu Tattoo Expo $120,000 for allowing 12 unlicensed tattoo artists to participate in its event. Milano’s passion for meeting people extends from Los Feliz to her favorite getaway, Palm Springs. She has been a member of the Los Angeles Press Club for a couple of years and looks forward to the possibility of contributing to the future success of its endeavors. She also works with GLSEN, GLAAD, Outfest, NCLR, LAMBDA Legal, and DAP Health, in addition to donating both time and finances to high-profile nonprofits. Valerie works closely with the Human Rights Campaign as a distinguished Fed Club Council Member. She has written for Communications Daily, Discover Hollywood, Hollywood Today, Television International, and Video Age International, and contributed to countless other magazines and digests. Valerie Milano is the well-connected Senior Editor and Entertainment Critic at TheHollywoodTimes.today, a website that aggregates showbiz news curated for, and written by, insiders of the entertainment whose extraordinary talents for networking in the famously tight-clad enclave of Hollywood have placed her at the center of the industry’s top red carpets and events since 1984, heads daily operations of a uniquely accessible, yet carefully targeted publication.įor years, Milano sat on the board and tour coordinator of the Television Critics Association’s press tours. LA Tattoo Convention (latattooconvention) Instagram photos and videos latattooconvention Follow 2,195 posts 12.
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