[Amended by the Board of Selectmen 11-2-2015]
A. Establishment license. No person shall own or operate a tattoo establishment
or engage in the practice or business of tattooing or own or operate
a body piercing establishment or engage in the practice or business
of body piercing without first obtaining an establishment license
for the location from the Health Officer or the Health Officer's duly
authorized agent.
B. Artist license. No person shall engage in the practice or business
of tattooing and/or body piercing in a licensed establishment without
first obtaining an artist license from the Health Officer or the Health
Officer's duly authorized agent.
C. Permanent makeup/cosmetic tattoo license. No person shall engage
in the practice of permanent makeup or cosmetic tattooing in a licensed
establishment without obtaining a permanent makeup/cosmetic tattoo
artist license from the Health Officer or the Health Officer's
duly authorized agent.
[Added by the Board of Selectmen 5-21-2018]
D. Applications for such licenses shall be made in writing on a form
prescribed by the Town of Salem, wherein the applicant shall agree
to conform to all rules and regulations governing such places now
in effect or as subsequently enacted, and to authorize and permit
such examinations and inspections as may be deemed necessary by the
Health Officer.
E. No person shall be granted an establishment license to operate a
tattoo establishment or body piercing establishment or engage in the
practice or business of tattooing or body piercing in the Town of
Salem without site plan approval from the Planning Department and/or
Planning Board.
F. No person shall operate a mobile tattoo business or mobile body piercing
business in the Town of Salem.
It shall be the duty of the Health Officer or designee to cause inspections to be made on a recurring basis at all establishments and the equipment thereof. If said place of business is not maintained, conducted or operated in conformity with the requirements of this chapter as now enacted or as subsequently amended, then the Health Officer may suspend or revoke the establishment license as described in §§
433-24 and
433-25 until said establishment and the operation thereof are made to conform to the requirements of this chapter. No owner, operator, or artist shall operate without a valid establishment license.