Body Piercing Inspection Program

The Body Piercing Inspection Program is designed to promote safe and sanitary conditions in Body Piercing Establishments and to protect the public from infectious diseases.

Body piercing, a form of body art, is the act of penetrating the skin to make, generally permanent in nature, a hole, mark or scar. It does not include the use of a mechanized, pre-sterilized ear-piercing system that penetrates the outer perimeter or lobe of the ear.

The governing authority for this program is Florida Statute 381.0075 and Florida Administrative Code 64E-19(pdf 41.73kb).