{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-119302","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 119302","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(c) A client shall be at least 18 years of age to be offered or to receive a branding, regardless of parental consent.\n(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.\n(e) A body art facility may refuse to perform body piercing on a minor, regardless of parental or guardian consent.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH [106500. - 119406.]","PART 15. MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS [118375. - 119406.]","CHAPTER 7. Body Art [119300. - 119328.]","ARTICLE 2. Restrictions on the Performance of Body Art [119302. - 119304.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"e923d31cfb1caa71aef1add3833b5b49b174ad4db8c2b0da7073da39b807fe2e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-119301","next":"us-ca/hsc-119303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}