The Body Art Unit enforces the Los Angeles County Body Art Ordinance. Body art includes tattooing, body piercing, and permanent make-up. This ordinance requires all practitioners who perform body art to register and obtain a health permit with the County, comply with specified requirements, including  client information and questionnaires, vaccination, blood-borne pathogen training, and sanitation. The ordinance requires the owner of a body art facility to obtain a health permit and maintain the body art facility in a specified manner. The ordinance allows the county to set the fee amount for registration and/or permitting at an amount sufficient to cover the actual costs of administering the program.

The Body Art Unit also regulates the performance of body art in permanent and temporary premises including vehicles, temporary booths, and at body art events and requires the person sponsoring a body art event to obtain a permit and fulfill specified requirements. The Body Art Unit conducts inspection and initiates suspension or revocation of a health permit in specified circumstances.

• Body Art
• Application for Registration - Body Art Technician
• Los Angeles County Code - Department Regulations
• Los Angeles County Code - Body Art Establishments
• Applicable State of California Code on Body Art
• Applicable California State Penal Code on Body Art
• 2011-2012 License / Permit Fees
• AB 300, The Safe Body Art Act (Effective July 1, 2012)
• Compliance Training on AB 300, The Safe Body Art Act
• California Health and Safety Code - The Safe Body Art Act
• Link to Environmental Hygiene Program