HCS/HBs 45 & 1066 - This act modifies provisions relating to professional licensing, including: (1) tattooing; (2) cosmetology; and (3) nursing home administrators.TATTOOING (Section 324.520)
This act modifies the laws regulating tattooing in Missouri by modifying the definition of tattooing to include the insertion of ink with the aid of needles or blades using hand-held or machine-powered instruments, as well as including marks made for cosmetic, scar coverage, or other corrective purposes on the face or body of another by the insertion of a pigment, ink, or both under the skin with the aid of needles.
This provision is identical to a provision in the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/HCS/SS/SCS/SB 157 (2023) and the truly agreed to and finally passed HCS/SS/SCS/SB 70 (2023) and similar to SB 605 (2023).
COSMETOLOGY (Sections 329.010 and 329.280)
Under this act, any licensed hairdresser, manicurist, or esthetician may register with the State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners to provide services to placebound clients outside of a cosmetology establishment, as described in the act.
NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATORS (Sections 344.045, 344.055, and 344.102)
Under this act, the Missouri Board of Nursing Home Administrators shall establish a procedure for receiving and handling complaints concerning its licensees' professional practices, as described in the act. No complaint, investigatory report, or information received from any sources shall be disclosed prior to review by the Board. The Board may disclose complaints, completed investigatory reports, and certain information for purposes specified in the act.
Under this act, all educational transcripts, test scores, complaints, investigatory reports, and information pertaining to applicants or licensees shall be confidential and not disclosed to the public, except with the written consent of the person whose records are involved, except as otherwise specified.
Finally, no person shall practice as a nursing home administrator if his or her license is revoked or expired.
This provision is identical to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/HCS/SS/SCS/SB 157 (2023) and HCS/HB 773 (2023).
SARAH HASKINS