Tattoo shops in MS can now reopen under new coronavirus rules. Here are the details.
Tattoo parlors will be allowed to reopen immediately in Mississippi following Gov. Tate Reeves’ decision to revise his Safer at Home order on Friday.
Reeves signed the order on Friday, saying “it is an effort to affirm that there is no such thing as a nonessential business.”
The new order also allows restaurants that do not serve alcohol to offer in-house dining to the public 24 hours a day and allows dance studies to open following the same guidelines as gyms.
Also on Friday, Reeves announced that the prohibition on fishing tournaments has ended.
There are sanitation protocols that tattoo parlors are required to follow.
For businesses:
▪ The tattoo parlor must be deep-cleaned, disinfected, and sanitized top to bottom. After opening, tattoo parlors must be deep-cleaned daily.
▪ Parlors are expected to take every step necessary to implement the regulations, orders, and guidance from the Mississippi State Department of Health and CDC to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
▪ Services are allowed only by appointment. No walk-in customers at this time.
▪ Minimizing person-to-person contact through technology, like mobile or online reservations and contact-less payment, is encouraged.
▪ Parlors must post signage at each entrance stating no customer with a fever or COVID-19 symptoms are allowed in.
▪ Only one customer per employee is allowed in the tattoo parlor at any given time.
▪ Tattooing and piercing around the mouth and nose are prohibited.
▪ Chairs are to be rearranged to ensure at least 6 feet between each customer.
▪ Chair and workstations must be sanitized after each use by a customer.
▪ All high-touch areas must be sanitized at least once every two hours.
▪ Hand sanitizer must be placed at entrances.
For employees:
▪ All employees will be screened daily at the beginning of their shifts, including asking whether they have been in contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the past 14 days and have they had a fever in the last 48 hours.
▪ All employees must be provided training on how to limit the spread of COVID-19.
▪ Face coverings must be provided to all employees who come in direct contact with customers.
▪ Employees are encouraged to wear face shields while tattooing a customer.
▪ Employees must also wear disposable gloves and change them between customers, as well as wash their hands between every customer.
For customers
▪ All waiting areas are to remain closed. Customers must wait in their vehicles until their appointment time and they are called for screening before entering.
▪ Customers must sanitize their hands when entering and exiting.
▪ All customers must be screened upon entry.
▪ Customers must wear a face covering, such as a cloth mask, while inside at all times.
