A practitioner performs tattooing, body piercing, permanent cosmetics, or branding on a client. Practitioners must work from a location with a facility permit.

NEW PERMIT

 SUBMIT PAPERWORK:

• Practitioner Application
• Bloodborne Pathogens Training Certificate
• Hepatitis B Vaccination Status (one of the following):
  • Hep B Vaccination Record
  • Declination Form
• Valid Photo ID verifying age

 HOW TO SUBMIT:

• Email - To avoid processing delays, submit all documents in a single email in PDF format.

• In Person or mail

 FEES:

• After you submit your paperwork, you will be contacted with instructions on how to pay fees.
• $128 (Practitioner Registration $64 + Annual Permit $64)

RENEW PERMIT

Renewal invoices are sent to the facility address.  

Need to renew your permit? PAY ONLINE 

Facility ID# (FA#) can be found on your permit.

 HOW TO RENEW PERMIT:

• Bloodborne Pathogens Training Certificate
• Pay renewal fee of $64

Have you moved to a new facility? EMAIL US.

A facility is the location where practitioners perform tattooing, body piercing, permanent cosmetics, or branding.

OPENING A NEW SHOP

  SUBMIT PLANS:

• Plan Review Application
• Site plan
• Room Finish List
• Infection Prevention and Control Plan (IPCP)
• Copies of the medical questionnaire, consent form, and aftercare instructions for review
• For facilities utilizing an autoclave, provide a negative spore test performed within 30 days of final approval inspection

Permitting Guidelines

 HOW TO SUBMIT:

• Email - To avoid processing delays, submit all documents in a single email in PDF format.

• In Person or mail

 FEES:

• After you submit your plans, you will be contacted with instructions on how to pay fees.
• Plan Review Fee: $516

SCHEDULE APPROVAL INSPECTION AND PAY PERMIT FEES:

• Annual Facility Permit Fee: $255 (To be collected at approval inspection)

GENERAL OPERATING INFO

►Has your business moved? Start plan review process.

►Change of ownership? EMAIL US.

►It is the owner's responsibility to notify this department when practitioners leave the shop or when new practitioners start.

►Facilities that use disposable, single-use, presterilized instruments need to obtain proof from the manufacturer that the instruments have undergone the sterilization process. Written proof must be on company or laboratory letterhead and state the following: 

• Method of sterilization the pre-sterilized instruments have undergone
• Instruments sterilized by name or item number
• Lot or batch number of the sterilizer run