Body Art Program

Body art and piercing laws benefit businesses and their customers by helping to ensure that procedures are sanitary and performed correctly, protecting both practitioners and consumers from infectious diseases.

The California Safe Body Art Act put standards into place for businesses offering tattoos, piercings and permanent cosmetics.

• The standards make sure that procedures like tattooing and piercing are safe and sanitary.
• Contra Costa Environmental Health enforces the Safe Body Art Act throughout the county.
• Ear piercing businesses are exempt from this law.

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Information for Businesses

Find out what you need to do to have a safe and successful body art business.