All change of ownerships require a plan check. Contact your Plan Check Specialist to start the process. 

Yes, a practitioner registration is required as well as an Environmental Health Body Art facility permit.

Email your Practitioner Application, copy of your picture ID (verifying your age), copy of your Bloodborne Pathogen Certificate, and Proof of Hep B Vaccination (or signed declination form) to bodyart@rivco.org. You will be contacted with instructions on how to pay your fees after your application is approved. Remember: You MUST work out of a permitted body art facility in order to be approved.

There is an initial registration fee and then a renewal fee every year thereafter.

Yes, you may operate out of multiple Environmental Health permitted facilities. An updated registration will be sent out to each facility you operate out of, so notify the appropriate Environmental Health office when you move locations.

It expires one year from the issue date and must be renewed/maintained current.

Yes! You can find the Approved Body Art Facilities List on the Body Art page and it is updated on a daily basis.

When a facility meets the minimum requirements during a routine inspection, they will receive a “Pass” placard.

 

If they do not meet the minimum requirements, they will receive a “Re-inspection” placard.