🇺🇸State: North Dakota
Compliance for North Dakota Studios
Syyn covers North Dakota compliance requirements for tattoo and piercing studios, including state-specific age rules, licensing, and record-keeping.
Compliance Requirements
Age and Consent Rules
- Tattoo: consent allowed, written consent + parent present.
- Piercing: consent allowed, written consent + parent present.
- Intimate piercing: 18+ only.
- North Dakota permits/rules exempt noncartilaginous ear-lobe-only facilities, but criminal minor-consent rules still apply to piercing generally.
Licensing Requirements
- ND: North Dakota's body-art framework is primarily establishment-permit based under NDCC 23-01-35 and NDAC 33-41.
Sterilisation and Record-Keeping
- Sterilization records required.
- Retention period: 36 months.
- ND: North Dakota body-art rules require biological spore testing of each sterilizer at least every 30 days, with sterilization records retained for at least 3 years.
Session Documentation
- Written aftercare documentation required.
- Federal overlays: OSHA bloodborne pathogen standards, FDA ink safety.
Key Legislation
- State body-art and health department legislation applies.
- Federal overlays: OSHA bloodborne pathogen, FDA tattoo ink safety, state privacy laws, TCPA/SMS obligations.
Unique Requirements
- North Dakota client and minor-consent records must be retained for at least 3 years
- North Dakota body-art client records include confidentiality obligations under NDAC
Information is operational guidance only and not legal advice.
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