The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has directed that steps be taken to frame regulations specifying procedures for tattooing, including norms for issue of licence to tattoo artists and tattoo studios.
Acting on a complaint from Amal Saji, nodal officer of the Balyam project who is involved in activities for protection of the children, K. Nazeer, in his last order as commission member, on Monday issued the direction to the Secretaries and Directors of the Health and the Women and Child Development departments and the Local Self-government Department Secretary.
The complainant had alleged that he had seen several children being tattooed without any safety norms being observed. Parents and health workers had expressed concern over tattooing without following instructions from the Health department, he said, seeking that norms be framed to regulate tattooing of children.
