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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 41. Board For Barbers And Cosmetology
Chapter 50. Tattooing Regulations
1/14/2026

18VAC41-50-30. License by endorsement.

A. Upon proper application to the board, any person currently licensed to practice as a tattooer, permanent cosmetic tattooer, master permanent cosmetic tattooer, or who is a licensed instructor in the respective profession in any other state or jurisdiction of the United States and who has completed a training or apprenticeship program and an examination that is substantially equivalent to the training and examination required by this chapter may be issued a tattooer license, permanent cosmetic tattooer license, master permanent cosmetic tattooer license, or the respective instructor certificate without an examination. The applicant must also meet the requirements set forth in 18VAC41-50-20 A 1 through A 4 and provide documentation of completion of board-approved health education to include (i) bloodborne pathogens, sterilization, and aseptic techniques related to tattooing and (ii) first aid.

B. Applicants for licensure by endorsement who completed a training or apprenticeship program that is not substantially equivalent to Virginia's training but otherwise meet all the requirements listed in subsection A of this section may substitute three years of work experience for training. Applicants must provide work history demonstrating three years of licensed experience in any other state or jurisdiction of the United States on a form provided by the board and provide documentation of completion of board-approved health education to include (i) bloodborne pathogens, sterilization, and aseptic techniques related to tattooing and (ii) first aid.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-201 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 22, Issue 25, eff. October 1, 2006; amended, Virginia Register Volume 39, Issue 22, eff. September 1, 2023; Volume 42, Issue 11, eff. January 5, 2026.

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