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  • Ordinance 23 (body art)

Hennepin County > Licenses and permits > Body art licensing

Body art licensing

COVID-19 response

  • The safety of residents, business owners and employees is our primary focus.
  • We want to ensure retail personal services are restored in a planful, safe manner. This will help reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19.
  • Our physical office is closed to the public but we are available to answer your calls.
  • We are accepting applications via mail or the locked drop box outside our office.

Sanitation and safety standards

  • Hennepin County provides sanitation and safety standards for the regulation of body art establishments, and conducts plan review and licensing of the facility that provides tattoos, body piercings and/or permanent makeup operations.
  • Prevention of injury and disease is the goal of inspections and consultation with licensed artists at these facilities.
  • Operators may be subject to complaint investigations and enforcement, to ensure compliance with county ordinance.
  • Operators also must have a state-issued license to perform tattooing, piercing or permanent cosmetic tattooing.
  • Learn about Minnesota Health Department body art regulations.

Hennepin County Environmental Health and Epidemiology

epi-envhlth@hennepin.us

Phone: 612-543-5200

Fax: 952-351-5222

M–F, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

1011 First Street South – Suite 215

Hopkins, MN 55343

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Body art ordinance proposed changes

We’d like input from licensed body art establishments on proposed changes to the ordinance that regulates body art, Ordinance 23:

  • Summary of proposed changes (DOCX)
  • Ordinance 23: Body Art (Draft) (proposed changes in red) (PDF)

Based on public input we may make further changes to the ordinance.

For opportunities at public input and updates to other possible changes to the ordinance, check this webpage.

Forms

Learn about Hennepin County Environmental Health plan review fees and application in the forms below. Please direct phone calls to 612-543-5200.

Plan review and initial license 2023 (PDF)

Hennepin County licenses and inspects body art special event booths within our inspection jurisdiction. Please review the application regarding the body art special event licensing process.

Body art special event licensing application 2023 (PDF)

Minnesota Department of Health information and applications

Body art regulations

Body art brochure (PDF)

Body art establishment exemption application (PDF)

Body art licensing program verification of credential (PDF)

Body art technician license application (PDF)

Guest artist license application (PDF)

Temporary body art technician license application (PDF)

City-county inspection jurisdiction

Cities where Hennepin County is responsible for regulating body art establishments

  • Brooklyn Center
  • Champlin
  • Chanhassen (Hennepin County part only)
  • Corcoran
  • Crystal
  • Dayton
  • Deephaven
  • Eden Prairie
  • Excelsior
  • Golden Valley
  • Greenfield
  • Greenwood
  • Hanover
  • Hassan
  • Hopkins
  • Independence
  • Long Lake
  • Loretto
  • Maple Grove
  • Maple Plain
  • Medicine Lake
  • Medina
  • Metro Airport
  • Minnetonka Beach
  • Minnetrista
  • Mound
  • Orono
  • Osseo
  • Plymouth
  • Robbinsdale
  • Rockford (Hennepin County part only)
  • Rogers
  • St. Anthony
  • St. Bonifacious
  • St. Louis Park
  • Shorewood
  • Spring Park
  • Tonka Bay
  • Wayzata
  • Woodland

Cities with their own inspections departments

  • Bloomington, 952-563-8934
  • Brooklyn Park, 763-424-8000
  • Edina, 952-927-8661
  • Minneapolis, 612-673-2170
  • Minnetonka, 952-939-8200
  • New Hope, 763-531-5100
  • Richfield, 612-861-9700
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