Florida Statutes
Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions
381.00777 - Tattoo Establishments; Licensure; Temporary Establishments.



(1)(a) Except as provided in s. 381.00773, a person may not tattoo the body of any human being in this state except at a tattoo establishment or temporary establishment licensed under this section.
(b) A person may not operate a tattoo establishment or temporary establishment in this state unless the establishment is licensed under this section.

(2) A person seeking licensure of a tattoo establishment must apply to the department in the format prescribed by the department. An application must include:
(a) The registered business name, including any fictitious names under which the tattoo establishment conducts business in the state.
(b) The street address and telephone number of the tattoo establishment.
(c) The name, mailing address, and telephone number of the tattoo establishment’s operator.
(d) The name and address of the tattoo establishment’s registered agent for service of process in the state.

(3) The department shall issue a tattoo establishment license to an applicant, if:
(a) The applicant submits a completed application.
(b) The applicant pays the applicable license fee established in s. 381.00781.
(c) The establishment complies with all applicable local building, occupational, zoning, and health codes.

(4) A temporary establishment must meet the same requirements for licensure as a permanent tattoo establishment.

(5)(a) A license is valid only for the location listed on the license. A tattoo establishment must notify the department in the format prescribed by the department before any change of the licensed location. A tattoo establishment with more than one location must obtain a separate license for each location.
(b) A tattoo establishment license is valid for 1 year and must be renewed annually.
(c) A temporary establishment license is valid for the duration of a convention or other similar event for which the license is issued not to exceed 14 consecutive days.

(6) A license issued by the department under this section is not transferable.
History.—s. 4, ch. 2010-220.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXIX - Public Health

Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions

381.001 - Public Health System.

381.0011 - Duties and Powers of the Department of Health.

381.0012 - Enforcement Authority.

381.0016 - County and Municipal Regulations and Ordinances.

381.0018 - Application for and Acceptance of Gifts or Grants.

381.0019 - Disposition of Equipment and Material; Transfers to County Health Departments.

381.002 - Grant of Title to Prescriptive Medical Personal Property to Client.

381.0021 - Client Welfare Accounts.

381.0022 - Sharing Confidential or Exempt Information.

381.003 - Communicable Disease and AIDS Prevention and Control.

381.0031 - Epidemiological Research; Report of Diseases of Public Health Significance to Department.

381.00315 - Public Health Advisories; Public Health Emergencies; Isolation and Quarantines.

381.00316 - Covid-19 Vaccine Documentation.

381.00317 - Private Employer Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates Prohibited.

381.00318 - Complaints and Investigations Regarding Private Employer Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates; Public Records Exemption.

381.00319 - Prohibition on Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates for Students.

381.0034 - Requirement for Instruction on HIV and Aids.

381.0035 - Educational Course on HIV and Aids; Employees and Clients of Certain Health Care Facilities.

381.0038 - Education; Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Programs.

381.0039 - Oversight of AIDS Education Programs.

381.004 - HIV Testing.

381.0041 - Donation and Transfer of Human Tissue; Testing Requirements.

381.0042 - Patient Care for Persons With HIV Infection.

381.0043 - Blood Donor Protection Act; Blood and Blood Component Donors; Confidentiality.

381.0045 - Targeted Outreach for Pregnant Women.

381.0046 - Statewide HIV and AIDS Prevention Campaign.

381.005 - Primary and Preventive Health Services.

381.0051 - Family Planning.

381.0052 - Dental Health.

381.0053 - Comprehensive Nutrition Program.

381.0055 - Confidentiality and Quality Assurance Activities.

381.0056 - School Health Services Program.

381.0057 - Funding for School Health Services.

381.0059 - Background Screening Requirements for School Health Services Personnel.

381.00591 - Department of Health; National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation; Application.

381.00593 - Public School Volunteer Health Care Practitioner Program.

381.006 - Environmental Health.

381.0061 - Administrative Fines.

381.0062 - Supervision; Private and Certain Public Water Systems.

381.0063 - Drinking Water Funds.

381.0064 - Continuing Education Program for Installation and Use of Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems.

381.0065 - Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems; Regulation.

381.00651 - Periodic Evaluation and Assessment of Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems.

381.00652 - Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems Technical Advisory Committee.

381.00655 - Connection of Existing Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems to Central Sewerage System; Requirements.

381.0066 - Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems; Fees.

381.0067 - Corrective Orders; Private and Certain Public Water Systems and Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems.

381.0072 - Food Service Protection.

381.0075 - Regulation of Body-Piercing Salons.

381.00771 - Definitions of Terms Used in Ss. 381.00771-381.00791.

381.00773 - Application of Ss. 381.00771-381.00791; Exemption.

381.00775 - Tattoo Artists; Licensure; Registration of Guest Tattoo Artists.

381.00777 - Tattoo Establishments; Licensure; Temporary Establishments.

381.00779 - Practice Requirements.

381.00781 - Fees; Disposition.

381.00783 - Grounds for Discipline; Administrative Penalties.

381.00785 - Criminal Penalties.

381.00787 - Tattooing Prohibited; Penalty.

381.00789 - Rulemaking.

381.00791 - Local Laws and Ordinances.

381.008 - Definitions of Terms Used in Ss. 381.008-381.00897.

381.0081 - Permit Required to Operate a Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing; Penalties for Unlawful Establishment or Operation; Allocation of Proceeds.

381.0082 - Application for Permit to Operate Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing.

381.0083 - Permit for Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing.

381.0084 - Application Fees for Migrant Labor Camps and Residential Migrant Housing.

381.0085 - Revocation of Permit to Operate Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing.

381.0086 - Rules; Variances; Penalties.

381.0087 - Enforcement; Citations.

381.0088 - Right of Entry.

381.00893 - Complaints by Aggrieved Parties.

381.00895 - Prohibited Acts; Application.

381.00896 - Nondiscrimination.

381.00897 - Access to Migrant Labor Camps and Residential Migrant Housing.

381.009 - Toilets Required by Department Regulations; Charge for Use of Prohibited.

381.0098 - Biomedical Waste.

381.0101 - Environmental Health Professionals.

381.0201 - Technical and Support Services.

381.0202 - Laboratory Services.

381.0203 - Pharmacy Services.

381.02035 - Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program.

381.0204 - Vital Statistics.

381.0205 - Emergency Medical Services.

381.026 - Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.

381.0261 - Summary of Patient’s Bill of Rights; Distribution; Penalty.

381.028 - Adverse Medical Incidents.

381.0303 - Special Needs Shelters.

381.0402 - Area Health Education Center Network.

381.0405 - Office of Rural Health.

381.0406 - Rural Health Networks.

381.04065 - Rural Health Network Cooperative Agreements.

381.0601 - Self-Derived and Directed-Donor Blood Programs.

381.06014 - Blood Establishments.

381.06015 - Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank.

381.06016 - Umbilical Cord Blood Awareness.

381.4018 - Physician Workforce Assessment and Development.

381.4019 - Dental Student Loan Repayment Program.

381.40195 - Donated Dental Services Program.

381.735 - Office of Minority Health and Health Equity.

381.7351 - Short Title; Closing the Gap Act.

381.7352 - Legislative Intent.

381.7353 - Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Closing the Gap Grant Program; Administration; Department Duties.

381.7354 - Eligibility.

381.7355 - Project Requirements; Review Criteria.

381.7356 - Local Matching Funds; Grant Awards.

381.739 - Short Title; Charlie Mack Overstreet Brain or Spinal Cord Injuries Act.

381.7395 - Legislative Intent.

381.74 - Establishment and Maintenance of a Central Registry.

381.745 - Definitions; Ss. 381.739-381.79.

381.75 - Duties and Responsibilities of the Department.

381.755 - Benefits Not Assignable.

381.76 - Eligibility for the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program.

381.765 - Retention of Title to and Disposal of Equipment.

381.775 - Applicant and Recipient Records; Confidential and Privileged.

381.78 - Advisory Council on Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries.

381.785 - Recovery of Third-Party Payments for Funded Services.

381.79 - Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Trust Fund.

381.815 - Sickle-Cell Program.

381.82 - Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program.

381.825 - Education and Public Awareness Relating to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Forms of Dementia.

381.84 - Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education and Use Prevention Program.

381.853 - Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research.

381.8531 - Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research; Public Records Exemption.

381.86 - Institutional Review Board.

381.88 - Emergency Allergy Treatment.

381.885 - Epinephrine Auto-Injectors; Emergency Administration.

381.887 - Emergency Treatment for Suspected Opioid Overdose.

381.89 - Regulation of Tanning Facilities.

381.895 - Standards for Compressed Air Used for Recreational Diving.

381.91 - Jessie Trice Cancer Prevention Program.

381.911 - Prostate Cancer Awareness Program.

381.915 - Casey Desantis Cancer Research Program.

381.922 - William G. “Bill” Bankhead, jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program.

381.92201 - Exemptions From Public Records and Public Meetings Requirements; Peer Review Panels.

381.925 - Cancer Center of Excellence Award.

381.93 - Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.

381.931 - Annual Report on Medicaid Expenditures.

381.9312 - Uterine Fibroid Research Database; Education and Public Awareness.

381.9315 - Gynecologic and Ovarian Cancer Education and Awareness.

381.932 - Breast Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Referral Program.

381.933 - Mammography Reports.

381.95 - Medical Facility Information Maintained for Terrorism Response Purposes; Confidentiality.

381.96 - Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services.

381.98 - The Florida Public Health Institute, inc.; Establishment; Purpose; Mission; Duties; Board of Directors.

381.981 - Health Awareness Campaigns.

381.982 - Short Title.

381.983 - Definitions.

381.984 - Educational Programs.

381.985 - Screening Program.

381.986 - Medical Use of Marijuana.

381.987 - Public Records Exemption for Personal Identifying Information Relating to Medical Marijuana Held by the Department.

381.988 - Medical Marijuana Testing Laboratories; Marijuana Tests Conducted by a Certified Laboratory.

381.989 - Public Education Campaigns.

381.99 - Rare Disease Advisory Council.