Licenses and inspects body art establishments. Body art services include: tattooing, permanent cosmetics, and body piercing.

1. Provide inspection and consultation services for operators of tattoo parlors. 2. Ensure licensed facilities are in compliance with Licking County Board of Health. 3. To ensure tattoo establishments are in a safe and sanitary condition for the public.

Protects the public from unhealthful or unsanitary environmental conditions by establishing and enforcing health codes and regulations. Responds to public health nuisance complaints. Inspects homes and other properties for compliance with health standards. Initiates litigation against those who have consistently failed to comply with requirements, when needed.

Provides licensing and inspections for businesses offering tattoo, body piercing, microblading or a combination of these services for permanent facilities or temporary events.

Inspection and licensing of all tattoo parlors.

Licenses tattoo and body piercing establishments for compliance with health and safety requirements.

The health department approves body art (tattoo and body piercing) establishments. Inspections include equipment, site, sterilization equipment and methods, and required paperwork.

Provides inspection and issuing of permits and licenses for food service operations, retail food establishments, vending machines, mobile and temporary foods, private water supplies, private sewage treatment systems, campgrounds and recreational areas, public swimming pools, spas and bathing areas, municipal solid waste landfills, tattoo establishments, dangerous wild animals, septic haulers. Includes in-house evaluations for real estate and water testing and inspections/evaluations of school sanitation, resident camps/jails, nuisance complaint investigations of sewage/solid waste/waste disposal and housing and premises sanitation.

MCHD conducts inspections of health spas, tattoo and permanent makeup studios, body piercing shops, aesthetics salons, hairdressing and barber shops, nail salons, waxing/hair removal services, tanning studios and other personal services businesses to check that cleaning, sanitation and infection control practices are followed.

1. Provide inspection and consultation services for operators of tattoo parlors. 2. Ensure licensed facilities are in compliance with Licking County Board of Health. 3. To ensure tattoo establishments are in a safe and sanitary condition for the public.