Child givin a tatoo

[kahuna123_2000]

What is the name of your state? Hawaii

Not sure if I am in the right forum but recently we discovered a tatoo on my daughter, she is thirteen. She confesses she recieved it at a tatoo shop and brought her 18 year old friend to sign an adult consent.

Is this legal? What can we do as parents and what steps should we take?

Thanks

 

[stephenk]

click on this link:

http://www.tattoodesign.com/tattoo_laws/country/United_States/Hawaii/1.htm

contact the dept. of health and file a complaint against the shop. Who is the 18 year old that signed the paperwork for your kid?

 

[stephenk]

Here is the relevant statute:

11-17-7 Restrictions. (a) It shall be unlawful to tattoo any person who
is under the influence of intoxicating substances. These substances include but shall not be limited to alcohol, drugs, paints, and glues.

(b) It shall be unlawful to tattoo any person under the age of eighteen
years without the written consent of the parents or legal guardian. All written
consent shall be kept on file in the tattoo shop.