If you want to open a permitted Body Art Facility in Riverside County, you must submit plans of the facility and go through a Plan Check Review. 

• Body Art Facility Plan Check Guidelines
• New Body Art Facility Checklist

Email the following to bodyart@rivco.org:

1. Plan Review Application
2. Site plan
3. Room Finish List
4. Infection Prevention and Control Plan (IPCP)
5. Copies of the medical questionnaire, consent form, and aftercare instructions for review

To avoid processing delays, please email as a complete package in PDF format. After you submit your paperwork, you will be contacted with instructions on how to pay fees.

Plan Review Fee: $496

Email the following to bodyart@rivco.org:

1. For facilities utilizing an autoclave only: provide a negative spore test performed within 30 days of that inspection

Annual Facility Permit Fee: $245 (To be collected at approval inspection)

You must work at a body art facility that has a valid Riverside County Environmental Health Permit.

Email the following to bodyart@rivco.org:

1. Practitioner Application (For new practitioners only)
2. Valid picture ID verifying age
3. Valid Bloodborne Pathogen Certificate that is specific to body art
4. Proof of Hep B Vaccination or Hep B Declination Form

To avoid processing delays, please email as a complete package in PDF format. After you submit your paperwork, you will be contacted with instructions on how to pay fees.

Practitioner Fees: $124 (Practitioner Registration $62 + Annual Permit $62)

Riverside County does not currently have an approval process for BBP training programs at this time. Any approved BBP training from one of these neighboring LEAs will be accepted:

Los Angeles

Orange County

San Bernardino

San Diego