Body Art Model Code Adoption Guide
Collaborate with Partners Collaborating with the community is an important part of successful adoption of any policy - including the BAMC . Use the steps and resources below to connect and build relationships to garner support, feedback, and buy-in with both internal and external partners, including:
• Boards of Health • Industry partners • Regulatory partners • Local public health officials • Community members • Legislators and decision makers
Get to know your local public health officials and answer their questions. Help public health officials, legislators, and Boards of Health understand why adoption of and compliance with body art regulations is important. • Use testimonials from jurisdictions that have adopted the code to highlight the impact of implementation. • Let them know that you are a subject matter expert on body art and are available to speak with them. • Summarize the primary reasons for updating regulations into concise and direct talking points. • Use the Talking with Legislators job aid to help you formulate and target your communications specifically for a legislative audience. • Provide a clear path forward that they can support. Identify allies among community members. Community members can be strong allies for BAMC adoption such as by providing testimony to decision makers. As a provider of a valuable public service, consider actively involving your community. Engage with local body artists. Body artists follow body art regulations and hence they are directly affected by their jurisdiction’s code. They can provide insight into the day-to-day impact of regulations and valuable parts of the code to adopt.
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Regulations don’t just impact those who are doing the enforcement but also have a great impact on those in the industry. To have the most successful and impactful regulations you need to be cognizant of the viewpoints and experiences from both sides; regulators and industry.
- Katherine Martinez, REHS
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