Microblading Licensing
Microblading Licensing And Regulations
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Alabama Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Alabama Department of Public Health, Division of Food, Milk, and Lodging website.
Alabama Department of Public Health
Division of Food, Milk, and Lodging
The RSA Tower 201 Monroe Street, Suite 1250
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: (334) 206-5300
Alaska Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For more information please visit:
• Alaska’s Board of Barbers and Hairdressers
• Applications/Forms
• Statutes and Regulations
Contact Information:
Colleen Wilson
P.O. Box 110806
Juneau AK 99811-0806
Phone: 907/465-2547
Fax: 907/465-2974
colleen.wilson@alaska.gov
Arizona Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For more information read: 13-3721. Tattoos, brands, scarifications and piercings; minors; anesthesia; exception; defense; violation; classification; definitions.
Arkansas Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For more information please visit:
• Tattoos & Permanent Cosmetics Rules and Regulations
• Tattoos & Permanent Cosmetic Artists FAQ
• Tattoos & Permanent Cosmetic Parlor Permit
Contact Information:
4815 West Markham,
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: 501-661-2000
California Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For more information please visit:
Contact Information:
Department of Public Health
Phone: 916-558-1784
Colorado Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For more information please visit:
• Rules and Regulations for Body Art Establishment
• Business Licensing Database: Tattoo/Body Art Parlor
Contact Information:
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246-1530
(303) 692-2700
Connecticut Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Connecticut Department of Public Health: Tattooist Information website.
Contact Information:
Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06134
(860) 509-8000
Delaware Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Delaware Division of Public Health Body Art Establishments website.
Contact Information:
Delaware Health and Social Services
Division of Public Health
417 Federal Street
Jesse Cooper Building
Dover, DE 19901
Phone: (302) 744-1220
Fax: (302) 739-1957
Florida Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Bureau of Community Environmental Health, Tattooing & Permanent Makeup website.
Contact Information:
Bureau of Community Environmental Health, HSEC,
4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN A08,
Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-1710
Phone: (850) 245-4277
Hawaii Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information and for statewide contact information please visit Hawaii’s Department of Health website.
Idaho Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For more information please read:
18-1523.Tattooing, branding and body piercing of minors
Illinois Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For more information please read:
PART 797 BODY ART CODE
Contact Information:
Illinois Department of Public Health
535 W. Jefferson St.
Springfield, IL 62761
217-782-4977
Indiana Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Indiana Department of Health website on Tattoo and Body Piercing website.
Contact Information:
Indiana State Department of Health
2 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 233-1325
Iowa Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Iowa Department of Public Health Tattoo Program website.
For additional information on the tattoo program, please call: (515) 281-7726.
Kansas Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Kansas Board of Cosmetology website.
Contact Information:
714 SW Jackson Suite 100,
Topeka, Kansas 66603
Phone: (785) 296-3155
Fax (785) 296-3002
Email: kboc@kboc.state.ks.us
Kentucky Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Kentucky Department for Public Health Tattoo, Body Piercing and Ear Piercing Programs website.
Contact Information:
Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Office of the Secretary
275 East Main Street
Frankfort, Ky. 40621
Phone: 1-800-372-2973
Louisiana Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Louisiana Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Sanitarian Services Commercial Body Art website.
Contact Information:
Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals
628 N. 4th Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: (225) 342-9500
Maine Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For more information please download: Chapter 210: Rules Relating to Tattooing from the states Department of Health and Human Services.
Contact Information:
Department of Health and Human Services
221 State Street
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: 207-287-3707
Maryland Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
Maryland has very few State regulations regulating tattoo parlors. The State of Maryland does not require tattoo artists or peircers to be licensed. The regulations that do exist are in COMAR–the Code of Maryland Administrative Regulations.
However, local county and city government are often involved in the regulation of tattooing, please check with your local government for more details.
Massachusetts Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Massachusetts Health and Human Services, Community Sanitation: Body Art website.
Contact Information:
Office of Health Services
250 Washington Street 6th Fl
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 210-5000
Michigan Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For more information please read:
• 333.13101 Definitions.
• 333.13102 Tattoo, brand, or body-piercing on minor; consent of parent or guardian required; individual under influence of alcoholic liquor or controlled substance.
• 333.13104 Tattooing, branding, or performing body-piercing; licensure of body art facility required; application; form; issuance; duration; fees.
• 333.13107 Owner of body art facility; duties.
Minnesota Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit Tattooing Information and Guidelines for Tattooists and Consumers from the Minnesota Department of Health.
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
651-201-5000
888-345-0823 – For Minnesota callers outside the metro area (toll-free)
Mississippi Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit Mississippi State Department of Health – Regulations website.
Contact Information:
Mississippi State Department of Health
570 East Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MS 39216
Phone: 601-576-7400 (8am-5pm)
Missouri Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Missouri Office of Tattooing, Body Piercing & Branding website.
Contact Information:
Office of Tattooing, Body Piercing & Branding
3605 Missouri Blvd
P.O. Box 1335
Jefferson City, MO 65102-1335
T: (573) 526-8288
E: tattoo@pr.mo.gov
Montana Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit Montana’s Department of Public Health & Human Services, Food & Consumer Safety (FCSS) website.
Contact Information:
Food and Consumer Safety Section
1400 Broadway, Room C214
Helena, MT 59620
(406) 444-5622
Nebraska Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services website.
Contact Information:
Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
301 Centennial Mall South,
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2117
Nevada Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
There are no state statutes or regulations directly regulating tattoo establishments or tattoo artists.
Tattoo establishments are regulated locally under district and local boards of health. The Health Authorities responsible are:
• Clark County Health District (Body Art Page)
• Washoe County District Health Department (Main Page)
• Carson City Environmental Health Department (Main Page)
Please email them directly if you don’t find the information you are looking for on their web site.
The State Health Division has responsibility as the Health Authority for the other rural and frontier counties. The Health Division does not currently have regulations related to tattooing.
For the most current information please visit:
• New Hampshire Body Art Practitioner website
• New Hampshire Statutes: Chapter 314-A: Body Art
Contact Information:
LICENSING AND REGULATIVE SERVICES
Department of Health and Human Services
129 Pleasant Street
Concord, New Hampshire 03301
Phone: (603) 271-0277
Contact person: Connie Beliveau
E-mail: cbeliveau@dhhs.state.nh.ust
New Jersey Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit The Public Health, Sanitation and Safety Program of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services website.
Contact Information:
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
John Fitch Plaza, PO Box 360
Trenton, N.J. 08625-0360
New Mexico
New York Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit New York State Department of Health, Body Art – Tattooing and Body Piercing website.
Contact Information:
New York State Department of Health
Center for Environmental Health Bureau of Community Environmental Health & Food Protection
547 River Street, Room 515
Troy, NY 12180-2216
(518)-402-7600
(800)-458-1158, extension 2-7600
e-mail: bcehfp@health.state.ny.us
North Carolina Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit North Carolina Department of Environmental Health Services Tattoo Program website.
Contact Information:
Environmental Health Services Section
1632 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1632
Phone: 919-733-2884
North Dakota Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For more information please visit:
• North Dakota Century Code and North Dakota Administrative Code pertaining to Tattoo and Body Art Facilities
• North Dakota Division of Food and Lodging
Contact Information:
Food & Lodging
Phone: 701.328.1291
Toll Free: 1.800.472.2927
Fax: 701.328.1890
Ohio Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Ohio Department of Health Tattoo and Body Piercing Services website.
Contact Information:
Department of Health (DOH)
246 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: 614-466-3543
Oklahoma Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Oklahoma State Department of Health – Body Piercing and Tattooing website.
Contact Information:
Consumer Protection Division
1000 N.E. 10th Street
(405) 271-5243
Contact: Tressa Madden, Director
Oregon Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit Oregon’s Advisory Council for Electrologists, Permanent Color Technicians and Tattoo Artists website.
Contact Information:
Electrologists, Permanent Color, Tattoo Artists
700 Summer St. NE Suite 320
Salem OR 97301-1287
Pennsylvania Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
State Board of Cosmetology
P.O. Box 2649, Harrisburg, PA 17105
Phone – (717) 783-7130
ST-COSMETOLOGY@pa.gov
Rhode Island Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For more information please visit:
• Rhode Island General Law §23-1-39 Tattooing and/or Body Piercing
• Rhode Island General Law §11-9-15 Tattooing of Minors
• Rhode Island Rules and Regulations of Tattoo Artists and Tattoo Parlors
Contact Information:
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill
Providence RI 02908
1-800-942-7434
(out of state 401-222-5960)
South Carolina Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control – Tattoo Information website.
Contact Information:
S.C. DHEC
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 898-3432
Tennessee Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit Tennessee’s Division of General Environmental Health website.
Contact Information:
Division of General Environmental Health
425 Fifth Avenue, North
Cordell Hull Building, 6th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 741-7206
Texas Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Texas Department of State Health Services, Drugs and Medical Devices Group: Tattoo and Body Piercing Studios website.
Contact Information:
Division for Regulatory Services
P. O. Box 149347
Austin, Texas 78714
(512) 834-6770
Utah Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For more information please read:
76-10-2201. Unlawful body piercing and tattooing of a minor — Penalties.
For more information, please contact your local Health Department.
Vermont Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Vermont Secretary of State – Office of Professional Regulations – Tattooists website.
Contact Information:
Office of Professional Regulation
National Life Bldg, North FL2
Montpelier, VT 05620
Phone: (802) 828-1505
Virginia Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation – Board for Barbers and Cosmetologywebsite.
Contact Information:
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
9960 Mayland Drive
Suite 400
Richmond, Virginia 23233-1463
Phone: (804) 367-8509
Email: barbercosmo@dpor.virginia.gov
Washington Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
Regulating body art facilities.
If you have any other questions, please visit the Access Washington Help Center at: http://support.access.wa.gov/
Wisconsin Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For the most current information please visit the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Contact Information:
T: 608-266-1562
E: webmaildph@dhfs.state.wi.us
Division of Public Health
Food Safety and Recreational Licensing
1 W Wilson Street, Room 150
Madison WI 53703
Wyoming Permanent Cosmetics Legislation & Regulation Information
For more information please read:
Local licensing requirements may exist. Contact the City Clerk’s Office for more information.
