Read and comply with the Requirements for Body Art Practitioner and Facility reference document. Please note additional requirements may apply if the facility is to undergo construction/remodel or recently underwent construction/remodel. View Information regarding Body Art Facility Construction.

The following forms must be submitted along with the registration fee. 

• Click here to download all forms and reference materials in one packet.

Individual forms can be downloaded below:

1. Submit a completed Health Permit Application for Body Art Facility (click here to download) form. Please note, health permits are non-transferrable.

2. Submit a completed Infection Prevention and Control Plan (Click here to download).

• A body art facility shall maintain and follow a written Infection Prevention and Control Plan, provided by the owner or established by the practition-ers, specifying procedures to achieve compliance with the Safe Body Art Act. A copy of the Infection Prevention and Control Plan shall be filed with Environmental Health Services and a copy maintained in the body art facility.
• The body art facility owner shall provide onsite training on the facility’s Infection Prevention and Control Plan to the body art practitioners and employees or individuals involved with decontamination and sterilization proce-dures.
• Training shall be provided when tasks where occupational exposures may occur are initially assigned, anytime there are changes in the procedures or tasks and when new technology is adopted for use in the body art facility, but not less than once each year. Records of training shall be maintained on-site for three years.

The permit fee is due with the application. Please refer to the Environmental Health Permit Fee Schedule for more information.

Contact us if you have any questions or to schedule an inspection of your Body Art Facility prior to opening for business. 

• Information regarding requesting a Body Art Facility inspection.

It is unlawful to begin operation of a new Body Art Facility without first receiving approval from an inspector in addition to a valid Health Permit to Operate.

The inspector will grant approval to begin operation upon completion of an opening inspection.