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LICENSE APPLICATION FOR – TATTOO & BODY PIERCING ESTABLISHMENT
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS – 13-125 – 13-152
V. INCLUDE WITH APPLICATION (Continued):
10. Insurance
11. Circulatory and nervous systems
12. Draping and positioning
13. Professional ethics and business
14. Needles
15. Tattoo machines
16. Safety, sanitization and sterilization
17. Skin diseases, disorders and conditions
18. Client handling
19. Body piercing techniques
20. CPR
21. Piercing and bedside manner
Note: Minimum of 600 hours training and education required for Tattoo Establishment
license.
F. List of all current memberships, lengths of membership, and membership numbers in
associations and organizations addressing services regulated by §§13-125 – 13-152
including, but not limited to such organizations as The Association of Professional
Piercers (APP), The Alliance of Professional Tattooists (APT), and the Society of
Permanent Cosmetic Professionals (SPCP).
G. Documentation of successful completion of Indiana Occupational Safety and Health
Administration blood borne pathogen standards training program.
H. List of all persons to provide services at proposed establishment, including name,
address, telephone number and Practioner’s License number for each. In addition,
verify each person:
1. Has met the minimal training requirements in order to be considered for a
Tattoo Establishment License, with the lack thereof to be considered an
inability.
2. Has not been convicted of a felony.
3. Is not a known drug user or alcohol abuser.
4. Has not been determined by a licensed physician to be mentally incompetent.
I. Diagram of proposed establishment depicting, among other things, locations of all work
stations, restroom facilities, points of ingress/egress, operatory areas, infectious waste
storage areas, and waiting areas.
J. Proposed hours of operation.
K. Proposed schedule of fees, which shall be posted prominently in the establishment.
L. Certificate of Insurance verifying:
1. $500,000 minimum liability insurance coverage for injury as a result of any one
occurrence.
2. $1,000,000 minimum public liability insurance coverage for accidental bodily
injury, including death, to any member of the public as a result of any one
occurrence.