Subject Heading of My Letter Today to Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz: 'No State Regulation of UT Tattoo Parlors Is Harmful'

 I am very glad I wrote and sent this letter today to Utah State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz. 

The subject heading for the letter is: "No State Regulation of UT Tattoo Parlors Is Harmful".

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From: "John McMillan" <mcmillanj@atfuut.net>

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Subject: No State Regulation of UT Tattoo Parlors Is Harmful

https://www.redcrossblood.org/local-homepage/news/article/donor-eligibility-tatoos-piercings-rcbs.html

January 30, 2024

Dear Utah  State House Majority Leader Mike Schultz,

I would like to thank you again for having sent me a  December 6, 2023, reply letter inviting me to share with you concerns of mine about Utah.

I am concerned about the likelihood that the apparent current absence  of any regulation of tattoo parlors in Utah by the State Government of Utah may be harmful to the medical and emotional health of many Utahns and visitors to our state.

Above  is an online link to a copyrighted May 17, 2023, report by the American Red Cross. That report is entitled "Can I Donate Blood If I Have a Tattoo or Body Piercings?" 

Some key statements from that report:

"Tattoos and Blood Donation  

"In most states, a tattoo is acceptable if the tattoo was applied by a state-regulated entity using sterile needles and ink that is not reused. The same goes for cosmetic tattoos (including microblading of eyebrows only): if they were applied in a licensed establishment in a regulated state using sterile needles and ink that is not reused, then they are acceptable. 

"If you received a tattoo in a state that does not regulate tattoo facilities, then you must wait three months after it was applied. Currently, the only states that DO NOT regulate tattoo facilities are District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wyoming."

That report apparently indicates that anyone in Utah  who recently obtained a tattoo in the "Beehive State" must wait three months after the date of that tattoo before he or she might  possibly  be permitted by the American Red Cross to donate blood to that non-profit organization.

There may be a legal liability incurred by the State Government  of Utah from the current  absence of a State of Utah-certified assurance that only  sterile needles are being used by respective  tattoo parlors in Utah for customers requesting to be tattooed on their own body  inside a tattoo parlor in our state.

There may also be a legal liability to the State of Utah from the current absence of an official State Government of Utah certification that the ink being  used by each tattoo parlor in Utah is "not  reused" ink.

Lengthy delays on the ability of Utahns who have a new tattoo on their body to donate blood to the American Red Cross during a major medical crisis in our state, such as might occur from a major storm or earthquake, could be potentially disastrous for Utah and Utahns.

House Majority Leader Schultz, I would like to also point out that the apparent decision by the Utah Legislature not to impose prohibitions on emblazoning of tattoos  on any particular   specified organs or  specified body parts of Utahns or visitors to Utah may also be endangering the medical health of Utahns and visitors to the our state.

Directly below is an online link to a recent copyrighted report that cites factual reasons for  warning against ever requesting a tattoo on any of the specifically cited  parts or organs of one's own body:

https://brightside.me/articles/7-parts-of-your-body-you-should-never-get-a-tattoo-on-and-heres-why-796590/

I hope to hear from you soon, Majority Leader Schultz.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

former Texas DPS full-time staff member and current Utah restaurant employee  John Kevin McMillan, 535 South 200 East, Apt. 912, Ninth Floor, UT 84111. My cell phone: (512) 993-7305. My home phone: (801) 355-0850.

I am the founder and only approved member of the factually focused and non-proselytizing "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion" (no prospective second member is currently permitted by me to formally  apply for membership in my factually focused and public health-minded "Progressive Prohibitionist Religion", a non-proseltyzing new and politely non-Christian religion that seeks to promote public safety and prevention of diseases).