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Special Procedures (SP): tattooing, semi-permanent make-up, body piercing, electrolysis and acupuncture

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Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 - Special Procedures Introducing the Mandatory Licensing Scheme in Wales Practitioner Newsletter No. 6

Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 - Special Procedures Introducing the Mandatory Licensing Scheme in Wales Practitioner Newsletter No. 7.

In this newsletter as well as our usual update from the training centres, we have an article entitled ‘Ask the Dermatologist’ and advice on the management of waste.

In this newsletter as well as our usual update from the training centres, we have advice from Public Health Specialists on Hepatitis B and MRSA. We also have a ‘Save the Date’ for the first of a series of free Practitioner Webinars.

 

This newsletter provides some updates from the Approved Training Centres offering the RSPH Level 2 Award in Infection Prevention and Control for Special Procedures Practitioners, a short update from the webinar held on 5th December and a further explanation regarding the recently published indicative national licensing fees.

 

Webinars

This module is the first in a series that will focus on the special procedures mandatory licensing scheme which will come into effect in 2024. In this module you will find the recordings and presentations from the webinar held on 5th December 2023. There is also a section of additional resources where you will find further information and documentation to support this learning.

This resource is specifically for tattoo artists, semi-permanent make-up artists, body piercers, acupuncturists and electrologists to prepare the practitioners for the introduction of the scheme.