Section 119302 - Age of clients(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.Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 119302
Added by Stats 2011 ch 638 (AB 300),s 2, eff. 7/1/2012.