Age restrictions — Required records — Penalty for violations

Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-38-306, under Body Piercing.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-38-306

(a) (1) Unless consent has been given in accordance with § 62-38-305, no individual who is under eighteen (18) years of age shall obtain or attempt to obtain a body piercing procedure.(2) No individual shall knowingly show or give false information concerning the individual's name, age or emancipation.

(1) Unless consent has been given in accordance with § 62-38-305, no individual who is under eighteen (18) years of age shall obtain or attempt to obtain a body piercing procedure.

(2) No individual shall knowingly show or give false information concerning the individual's name, age or emancipation.

(b) (1) No individual shall knowingly show or give any false information as to the name, age or other identification of an individual who is under eighteen (18) years of age for the purpose of obtaining for the individual under eighteen (18) years of age a body piercing procedure.(2) No individual shall impersonate the parent, legal guardian or legal custodian of an individual who is under eighteen (18) years of age for the purpose of obtaining for the individual under eighteen (18) years of age a body piercing procedure.(3) The operator shall require proof of age for any patron under the age of twenty-seven (27) years of age and the operator shall retain a copy of the patron's proof of age documentation in the files of the business for a period of two (2) years from the time of the body piercing.

(1) No individual shall knowingly show or give any false information as to the name, age or other identification of an individual who is under eighteen (18) years of age for the purpose of obtaining for the individual under eighteen (18) years of age a body piercing procedure.

(2) No individual shall impersonate the parent, legal guardian or legal custodian of an individual who is under eighteen (18) years of age for the purpose of obtaining for the individual under eighteen (18) years of age a body piercing procedure.

(3) The operator shall require proof of age for any patron under the age of twenty-seven (27) years of age and the operator shall retain a copy of the patron's proof of age documentation in the files of the business for a period of two (2) years from the time of the body piercing.

(c) It is a Class C misdemeanor for a violation of subdivision (b)(2) by an individual over the age of seventeen (17) who impersonates a parent, legal guardian or legal custodian.