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DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 106500-119406›PART 15. MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS 118375-119406›CHAPTER 7. Body Art 119300-119328›ARTICLE 2. Restrictions on the Performance of Body Art 119302-119304

§ 119302

California Health and Safety Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Pursuant to Section 653 of the Penal Code, a client shall be at least 18 years of age to be offered or to receive a tattoo or permanent cosmetics application, regardless of parental consent.

(b) Pursuant to Section 652 of the Penal Code, persons under 18 years of age shall not be offered or receive a body piercing unless the piercing is performed in the presence of his or her parent or guardian.

(c) A client shall be at least 18 years of age to be offered or to receive a branding, regardless of parental consent.

(d) The piercing or application of permanent cosmetics to the nipples or genitals of a minor is prohibited. The application of permanent cosmetics to the nipples of a minor is authorized when applied by a registered permanent cosmetic technician with the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian and as directed by a physician.

(e) A body art facility may refuse to perform body piercing on a minor, regardless of parental or guardian consent.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. (AB 300) Effective January 1, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 638.)

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