Arkansas Code
Subchapter 15 - Body Piercing, Branding, and Tattooing
§ 20-27-1507. Education of artist in training

(a) An artist trainer shall be a registered instructor in a school licensed by the Department of Health.
(b) The department shall develop standards to determine:
(1) The maximum number of artists in training in a training facility at one time; and
(2) The length of the program in hours and across a range of months.

(c)
(1)
(A) During the artist training in the fields of tattooing, body piercing, or permanent cosmetics, each artist in training shall complete not less than three hundred seventy-five (375) clock hours of supervised body art work and classroom instruction in a period not less than six (6) months or more than twenty-four (24) months in an establishment licensed under § 20-27-1503 and § 6-51-601 et seq.
(B) During the artist training in the field of branding, each artist in training shall complete not less than three hundred seventy-five (375) clock hours of supervised body art work and classroom instruction in a period not less than six (6) months or more than twenty-four (24) months in an establishment licensed under § 20-27-1503 and § 6-51-601 et seq.
(C) Additional fields of body art training may be added by completing not less than two hundred fifty (250) clock hours of technical and procedural training in each of the other fields of body art in which an artist in training is to be licensed.
(D) An artist in training studying multiple fields of body art at the same time shall complete the total clock hours of all fields in not less than twelve (12) months or more than twenty-four (24) months.

(2)
(A) The artist trainer shall maintain a training log of the clock hours completed by the artist in training on forms approved by the department.
(B) The training log shall include without limitation a record of:
(i) Hours of both theory and practical education;
(ii) The procedures observed and completed; and
(iii) A list of resources used for training.

(C) The artist in training shall keep available for inspection a bound record book that is separate from the record book of another artist or artist in training.
(D) The completed training log shall be submitted to the department at the time of the practical examination under § 20-27-1508.

(d) An artist trainer may offer training only in the area in which the artist trainer holds a current license from the department.
(e) The department shall adopt a minimum curriculum for each area of body art training that shall be followed by all artist trainers, artists in training, and body art training facilities.