Becoming an implanter
A question to the knowledgeable, I'm in canada and am curious what it takes to become a piercer/get your license. Looking into getting it so that anyone local who wants either a magnet or any of the other implants available or up and coming could get it done with a licensed piercer. This way there'd no grey area if someone doesn't want to do it themselves. Lets also include info on how people can get licensed elsewhere if possible for all those curious.
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"Only sterilized jewelry made of ASTM F136 compliant titanium or ASTM F138 compliant steel, solid fourteen karat or eighteen karat white or yellow gold, niobium, or platinum, shall be placed in a new piercing. Mill certificates for jewelry shall be maintained at the body art establishment."
If I'm reading everything right, an implantation would almost certainly fall under this rule, which would probably make RFIDs and most magnets illegal to implant here. There's also mention of the fact that procedures that employ a scalpel (or even dermal punches) fall under the medical procedure blanket, so you'd be limited to needles, it seems.
I invite anyone interested in Ohio to read through it and either confirm this or (hopefully) show that I'm not reading it correctly.
http://www.cambridgepublichealth.org/services/regulatory-activities/body-art/body-art-faq-practitioners.php
What is the definition of body art?
According to the Cambridge Public Health Department regulation, "Body
art shall mean the practice of physical body adornment, alteration or
modification by means including, but not limited to, piercing,
tattooing, branding, braiding, beading/implantation or scarification,
also known as scarring."
What are the classes and/or certifications that I need to acquire a license?
The department issues both apprentice and professional licenses for tattoo artists and body piercers.
To qualify for an apprentice license, you must complete the following:
To qualify for a professional license, you must:
professional practitioner or demonstrate two years or 2,400 hours of
full-time experience as a body art practitioner.
What do I need to submit with my license application?
You must submit the following items with your signed and completed license application:
Surprised that they included implantations on the list! Especially since tattooing was completely illegal in MA till 2000! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_tattooing_in_the_United_States#Massachusetts) Hm, I was a bit put off by the long list of requirements before... but now that at least in Cambridge implanting is specifically OKed, I may re-evaluate my opportunities here and eventually give it a shot.
Another tidbit of info: Implantations are technically illegal in NH. So you need to ask for 'Magnetic Piercings' and hope the person knows what you're talking about.
To organize the info we find, I created a Becoming a Modder page to the wiki! Hopefully I'll have a chance this week to write up some summaries and add links to source docs.
Your link is kinda broked, mane.