Acupuncture, ear-piercing, tattooing, electrolysis

The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 requires that all persons that carry out acupuncture, tattooing, ear piercing and electrolysis be registered with the local authority.

In addition to the general health and safety requirements of businesses, Environmental Health Officers visit these establishments to check that they comply with the Council’s Byelaws for piercers made under section 14(7) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982, including ensuring:

• The structure is suitable, in good repair and can be thoroughly cleaned/disinfected
• Furniture and equipment is cleansable
• Protective clothing, towels, cloths are suitable and clean
• Needles and other instruments are disposable or thoroughly cleansed/disinfected where necessary
• Waste, including sharps/clinical waste, is disposed of correctly

A full copy of Salford's Byelaws are available to download below along with comprehensive guidance for tattooists, body piercers and micropigmentation. In addition further guidance from the North West Health Protection Agency and Greater Manchester Health Protection Unit's relating to skin piercing:

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health has also published comprehensive guidance that covers these practices (and other similar treatments) “Body Art, cosmetic therapies and other special treatments” (ISBN 1-902423-80-1).

The current registration fees are £107.63 to register your premises and a further £56.38 to register each person who will undertake the treatments.

Who to contact

Name

Environmental Health

Address

Turnpike House
631 Eccles New Road
Salford
M5 2SH
Map to this location

Telephone

0161 737 0551

Email

environment@salford.gov.uk

This page was last updated on 4 November 2011