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 published comprehensive guidance that covers these practices (and other similar treatments) “Body Art, cosmetic therapies and other special treatments” (ISBN 1-902423-80-1). It can be purchased from:
Chadwick House Group Limited
Chadwick Court
15 Hatfields
London
SE1
8DJ
Tel: 020 7928 6006
Credit Card Hotline: 020 7827 5882
Fax:
020 7827 9930
email: Shop@cieh.net
The current registration fees are £97 to register your premises and a further £50 to register each person who will undertake the treatments.
Downloadable documents
- Application form (Microsoft Word format, 52kb)
- Salford City Council's Byelaws for Acupuncture (Microsoft Word format, 80kb)
- Salford City Council's Byelaws for Tattooing (Adobe PDF format, 59kb)
- Salford City Council's Byelaws for Ear Piercing and Electrolysis (Adobe PDF format, 59kb)
- HPA Northwest's "Body Art, Skin Piercing and Tattoo After Care Advice" (Adobe PDF format, 37kb)
- GMHPU's "Infection Control Advice for Body Piercers" (Adobe PDF format, 86kb)
- Advice and Safe Practice for Micropigmentations (Adobe PDF format, 957kb)
- Advice and Safe Practice for Bodypiercing (Adobe PDF format, 1mb)
- Advice and Safe Practice for Tattooing (Adobe PDF format, 1.2mb)
If you are unable to view documents of these types, our downloads page provides links to viewing software.
Who to contact
- Name
- Environmental Health
- Address
- Turnpike House
631 Eccles New Road
Salford
M5 2SH - Telephone
- 0161-737 0551
- environment@salford.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 07 October 2008
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