California § 119302 - Pursuant to Section 653 of the Penal Code, a client shall be at least 18 years of

§ 119302. Pursuant to Section 653 of the Penal Code, a client shall be at least 18 years of

(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. (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. (c) A client shall be at least 18 years of age to be offered or to receive a branding, regardless of parental consent. (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. (e) A body art facility may refuse to perform body piercing on a minor, regardless of parental or guardian consent.