Sacramento Municipal Code Ch. 5.132 Tattooing

"Tattooing" means and includes the act or process of marking or coloring the skin of any person by the insertion of pigment under or in the skin or by the production of scars. (Prior code § 26.01.049)

Every person engaged in the art of tattooing or conducting or maintaining a place where tattooing is practiced in the city shall make a written application to the health officer of the city for a permit to conduct such business. Such application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant and shall state the true or fictitious name of the applicant, his or her true age, present street address and other address where the applicant may have lived or carried on such business during the six months immediately preceding the date of application, the name under which and place where the applicant proposes to conduct such business in the city.

The application shall also include a photograph of the applicant of a size prescribed by the city health officer. The photograph shall be attached to the original application.

Upon examination of the application by the city health officer, if he or she shall find that the statements set forth in the application are true and the applicant is of good moral character and proficient in the practice of tattooing, he or she shall issue a permit to the applicant. (Prior code § 26.01.050)

The city health officer or any of his or her duly authorized agents shall have the right to enter and inspect any place where tattooing is practiced for the purpose of determining whether the same is being conducted, managed and carried on in compliance with the rules, regulations and sanitary requirements of the health department of the city. (Prior code § 26.01.051)

Any person owning, maintaining or conducting a place where tattooing is practiced or practicing the art of tattooing in the city shall pay the license fee as required by Chapter 3.08 of this code. (Prior code § 26.01.052)

The city health officer shall forthwith revoke the permit of any person upon receiving satisfactory evidence of the violation of any of the provisions of Sections 5.132.010 to 5.132.040 of this chapter or any other law or ordinance of the city or state, relating to such business. (Prior code § 26.01.053)