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State of Illinois
Illinois Statutes
CHAPTER 720 Criminal Offenses
TITLE III. SPECIFIC OFFENSES
ARTICLE 12. BODILY HARM
720 ILCS 5/12-10
Sec. 12-10. (Tattooing> Body of Minor.) Any person, other than
a person licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, who
<tattoos> or offers to <tattoo> a person under the age
of 21 is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
As used in this Section, to "<tattoo" means to insert
pigment under the surface of the skin of a human being, by pricking
with a needle or otherwise, so as to produce an indelible mark or
figure visible through the skin.
91_HB0360 LRB9101168RCks 1 AN ACT to amend the Criminal Code of
1961 by changing 2 Section 12-10. 3 Be it enacted by the People
of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by 6 changing
Section 12-10 as follows: 7 (720 ILCS 5/12-10) (from Ch. 38, par.
12-10) 8 Sec. 12-10. Tattooing Body of Minor.) A Any person, other
9 than a person licensed to practice medicine in all its 10 branches,
who tattoos or offers to tattoo a person under the 11 age of 21
is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. 12 As used in this Section,
to "tattoo" means to insert 13 pigment under the surface
of the skin of a human being, by 14 pricking with a needle or otherwise,
so as to produce an 15 indelible mark or figure visible through
the skin. 16 (Source: P.A. 77-2638.)
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