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Body Piercing Salon License
License Description The Code of Virginia requires that any individual or entity operating a barbershop, cosmetology salon, nail care salon, waxing salon, tattoo parlor, body-piercing salon, or esthetics spa must be licensed. If you are offering cosmetology, barbering, nail care, waxing, tattooing, body-piercing, or ethetics services, you are required to have a salon, shop, spa, or parlor license and every individual practicing must have a practitioner license, respectively.
Licensing Agency
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
Board for Barbers and Cosmetology
9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 400
Richmond, VA 23233-1485
(804) 367 8590
bchoplicensing@dpor.virginia.gov
Active Status Active
Active Military/Veterans Expedited processing is available for military and spouses
Continuing Education No continuing education requirement to maintain license
Criminal Record No criminal record prohibitions
Education Degree required
Exam State exam required
License Type Tied to business
License Updated 08/11/2023
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