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Cal. Health & Safety Code § 119302 — Restrictions on the Performance of Body Art
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 119302
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Health and Safety Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2012-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(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.
Citator
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 119302 — Restrictions on the Performance of Body Art is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(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.