(a) A registered tattoo business may set up at temporary locations other than a tattoo studio, e.g., tattoo conventions, with the written approval of the local health department, for a period not to exceed ten (10) days; provided, that each artist not previously registered with the department of health shall register and pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) to the department.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-38-205

  • Client: means any person desiring to receive a tattoo. See Tennessee Code 62-38-201
  • Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 62-38-201
  • Disinfectant: means a solution intended to destroy or inactivate specific viruses, bacteria or fungi on inanimate surfaces. See Tennessee Code 62-38-201
  • License: means the issuance of a license to perform tattooing to any individual, partnership, firm or corporation. See Tennessee Code 62-38-201
  • Permit: means the issuance of a permit to a tattoo studio or establishment. See Tennessee Code 62-38-201
  • Registration: means license or permit, as applicable. See Tennessee Code 62-38-201
  • Sanitary: means clean and free of agents of infection. See Tennessee Code 62-38-201
  • Single use: means an item is used one (1) time on one (1) client and then is properly disposed of by appropriate measures. See Tennessee Code 62-38-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Sterilization: means holding in an autoclave for fifteen (15) minutes, at fifteen pounds (15 lbs. See Tennessee Code 62-38-201
  • Tattoo: means any method of placing designs, letters, figures, symbols, cosmetics or any other marks under the skin of a person with ink or color by the aid of needles or instruments. See Tennessee Code 62-38-201
  • Tattoo artist: means any person, regardless of age, who engages in the practice/service of tattooing regardless of the type of tattoo or area to be tattooed. See Tennessee Code 62-38-201
  • Tattoo studio: means any room or space where tattooing is practiced or where the service of tattooing is conducted. See Tennessee Code 62-38-201
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Temporary facilities, e.g., tattoo conventions, shall be held to the same sanitary standards as those required of tattoo studios. Temporary facility permits shall be issued by the local health department, to include:

(1) An area where tattooing can be performed in a limited access location;
(2) Adequate sterilization equipment supplied;
(3) Waste receptacles and sharps containers supplied;
(4) Individual containers of water for each client in single use rinse cups; and
(5) Disinfectant sprays at each tattoo artist‘s work area.
(c) A temporary tattoo artist registration may be issued for no more than fourteen (14) days. The holder of the studio certificate shall also sign for the temporary license from the department of health and all tattooing shall be under the auspices of the studio certificate holder and in compliance with this part. Artists may apply tattoos if a copy of the state application and a receipt for the fifty dollar ($50.00) fee is on display at the studio. The sterilization course, written examination and work experience shall be waived for the temporary permit. A temporary license is not transferable nor may it be renewed.
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