N.Y. PBH Law § 460

§ 460. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context\nrequires otherwise:\n 1. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of health.\n 2. "Body piercing" shall mean the piercing of any part of the body,\nexcept the ear. Such term shall not include tongue-splitting, as defined\nin section four hundred seventy of this chapter.\n 3. "Tattoo" shall mean a mark on the body of a person made with\nindelible ink or pigments injected beneath the outer layer of the skin.\n 4. "Body piercing specialist" shall mean any person who performs body\npiercing on the body of any other person.\n 5. "Tattooist" shall mean any person who applies a tattoo to the body\nof any other person.\n 6. "Body piercing studio" shall mean any premises in which the body\npiercing specialist conducts such practice.\n 7. "Tattoo studio" shall mean any premises in which the tattooist\nconducts such practice.\n 8. "Officer" shall mean the public official with primary\nresponsibility for the enforcement of the state sanitary code within a\ncounty, or within a city with a population of one million or more\npersons. For purposes of this title an officer shall have the powers of\na presiding officer under the state administrative procedure act within\na county and shall have the powers of a presiding officer under the city\nadministrative procedures act within a city with a population of one\nmillion or more persons.\n 9. "Department" shall mean the department of health.\n 10. "Approved ink handling procedure" shall mean tattoo ink storage\nand use procedures that are approved and deemed protective by the\ndepartment.\n 11. "Single use needle" shall mean a needle that is sterile and that\nhas never been used on another person.\n