SB3359eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB3359 Engrossed LRB096 20511 RLC 36192 b

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by adding Section 12-10.3 as follows:

(720 ILCS 5/12-10.3 new)

Sec. 12-10.3. Scleral tattooing prohibited.

(a) For the purpose of this Section, "scleral tattooing" means the practice of producing an indelible mark or figure on the human eye by scarring or inserting a pigment on, in, or under the fornix conjunctiva, bulbar conjunctiva, ocular conjunctiva, or other ocular surface using needles, scalpels or other related equipment.

(b) It is unlawful for any person to perform or offer to perform scleral tattooing upon a person.

(c) This Section does not apply to an act of a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches performed in the course of practice of the physician according to the customs and standards of the practice of medicine.

(d) Sentence. A person who violates this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.