TITLE 77: PUBLIC HEALTH
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
SUBCHAPTER m: FOOD DRUGS AND COSMETICS
PART 797 BODY ART CODE
SECTION 797.500 EXEMPTIONS


 

Section 797.500  Exemptions

 

The following practices, occupations and persons are exempted from this Part:

 

a)         The practice of electrology as defined in the Electrologist Licensing Act [225 ILCS 412] (Section 10 of the Act);

 

b)         The practice of acupuncture as defined in the Acupuncture Practice Act [225 ILCS 2]) (Section 10 of the Act);

 

c)         The use, by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, of colors, dyes, or pigments for the purpose of obscuring scar tissue or imparting color to the skin for cosmetic, medical, or figurative purposes (Section 10 of the Act); and

 

d)         Individuals who pierce only the non-cartilaginous portion or lobe of the ear with a pre-sterilized single-use stud-and-clasp ear-piercing system.