§ 14-3-107 — Performing body-art on persons who have not reached the age of majority; penalties; definition

Wyoming § 14-3-107

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 14: Children
• Ch. 3: PROTECTION
• Art. 1: PROHIBITED ACTS

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(a) No person shall knowingly perform body-art upon or
under the skin of a person who has not reached the age of
majority, except with the consent of the person's parent or
legal guardian who is present at the time the body-art procedure
is performed upon the person. The person performing the body-art
procedure shall demand proof of age prior to administering the
body-art procedure upon the person. A motor vehicle driver's
license, a registration card issued under the federal Selective
Service Act, an identification card issued to a member of the
armed forces, a valid United States passport, a tribal
identification card issued by the governing body of the Eastern
Shoshone Tribe or the Northern Arapaho Tribe or an
identification card issued by the department of transportation
is prima facie evidence of the age and identity of the person.
Proof that the person performing the body-art procedure
demanded, was shown and acted in reasonable reliance upon the
information contained in any one (1) of the above documents as
identification and proof of age is a defense to any criminal
prosecution under this section.
(b) Any person violating this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6)
months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars
($750.00), or both.
(c) As used in this section:
(i) "Body-art" means the practice of physical body
adornment utilizing body piercing, branding, scarification,
sculpting or tattooing. This definition does not include
practices conducted under the supervision of a physician
licensed to practice medicine under Wyoming law nor does this
definition include piercing of the outer perimeter or lobe of
the ear by means of sterilized stud-and-clasp ear piercing
systems;
(ii) "Body piercing" means any puncturing or
penetration of the skin or mucosa of a person and the insertion
of jewelry or other adornment in the opening;
(iii) "Branding" means any invasive procedure in
which a permanent mark is burned into or onto the skin using
either temperature, mechanical or chemical means;
(iv) "Scarification" means any invasive procedure in
which the intended result is the production of scar tissue on
the surface of the skin;
(v) "Sculpting" means any modification of the skin,
mucosa, cartilage or tissue of the body for nonmedical purposes;
(vi) "Tattoo" means any indelible design, letter,
scroll, figure, symbol or any other mark placed upon or under
the skin with ink or colors, by the aid of needles or other
instruments.