Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 3 Operation Requirements

Every establishment for which this chapter requires a license shall be maintained and operated in conformity with each and every provision of this chapter.

(Ord. 99-0039 § 3 (part), 1999.)

No body art establishment shall allow any body art technician to conduct body art activities unless such person has registered with the county health department, received a public health operator permit and procured a license under this chapter.

(Ord. 99-0039 § 3 (part), 1999.)

No body art technician licensed under this chapter shall conduct any body art activity at any location requiring a license under this chapter unless such license has been issued and is valid.

(Ord. 99-0039 § 3 (part), 1999.)

No body art establishment required to be licensed under this chapter shall be operated or any body art activity conducted therein outside of the hours specified within any issued conditional use permit. If no conditional use permit is required, the business license commission may specify the permitted hours of operation at the time a license is granted. In such case, no body art establishment so licensed shall be operated or any body art activity conducted therein outside of the hours specified by the business license commission.

(Ord. 99-0039 § 3 (part), 1999.)

A recognizable and readable sign which clearly identifies the establishment shall be posted at the main entrance of any body art establishment licensed under this chapter. Such sign shall comply with all other requirements of the Los Angeles County Code and any issued conditional use permit.

(Ord. 99-0039 § 3 (part), 1999.)

Each body art establishment licensed under this chapter, other than a mobile body art establishment as defined in Section 11.36.240 or a temporary body art establishment as defined in Section 11.36.310, shall provide an adequate waiting or reception areas for its clients or visitors, such that no clients or visitors remain outside the waiting or reception area.

(Ord. 99-0039 § 3 (part), 1999.)

A person shall not enter, be or remain in any part of a body art establishment licensed under this chapter while in the possession of, consuming or using any alcoholic beverage or illegal drug. The licensee, manager and every supervising employee shall not permit any such person to enter or remain upon the premises.

(Ord. 99-0039 § 3 (part), 1999.)

No body art activity shall be conducted in violation of the provisions of Section 11.36.540 or 11.36.580.

(Ord. 99-0039 § 3 (part), 1999.)

Each body art establishment licensed pursuant to this chapter shall maintain a written log containing at least the date and time of service, the body art technician's name, the recipient/client's name, the client's date of birth and a description of the service rendered. Such log shall be maintained for a minimum of three years and shall be recorded in indelible ink. Such log shall be presented to the sheriff immediately upon request.

(Ord. 99-0039 § 3 (part), 1999.)

Each body art establishment licensed pursuant to this chapter shall, at all times that such establishment is open, have present and on the premises a manager, as defined in Section 11.36.230. The manager must be familiar with the requirements of this chapter and be capable of communicating the provisions of this chapter to employees and others conducting body art activity at the establishment and all actual or prospective clients of and visitors to the establishment. The manager shall make an effort to immediately identify himself or herself to the sheriff or any other county official entering the body art establishment on official business. In the owner's absence, the manager shall be authorized to accept on behalf of the owner or any other person licensed pursuant to this chapter any notice issued to such owner or other licensed person pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 99-0039 § 3 (part), 1999.)

No person shall refuse, resist or attempt to resist the entrance of the sheriff or any other county official into a body art establishment in the performance of official duty, or shall refuse to obey any lawful order of the sheriff or other county official made in the performance of his or her duties under this code.

(Ord. 99-0039 § 3 (part), 1999.)