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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64893</law_id><section_number>54.1-705</section_number><catch_line>Inspections</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Barbers and Cosmetologists</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Inspectors and sanitarians of the State Department of Health, or an affiliated local health department, may inspect each <span class="dictionary">barbershop</span>, <span class="dictionary">cosmetology salon</span>, <span class="dictionary">waxing salon</span>, <span class="dictionary">nail care</span> salon, <span class="dictionary">tattoo parlor</span>, <span class="dictionary">body-piercing salon</span>, <span class="dictionary">ear-piercing salon</span>, and <span class="dictionary">esthetics spa</span> in the Commonwealth regularly. Any infractions shall be immediately reported to the Health Department and the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation for disciplinary action. <a id="paragraph-236123" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-705/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may inspect <span class="dictionary">barbershops</span>, <span class="dictionary">barber</span> schools, <span class="dictionary">cosmetology salons</span> and schools, <span class="dictionary">waxing salons</span> and schools, <span class="dictionary">nail care</span> salons and schools, <span class="dictionary">tattoo parlors</span> and schools, <span class="dictionary">body-piercing salons</span> and schools, <span class="dictionary">ear-piercing salons</span> and schools, and <span class="dictionary">esthetics spas</span> and schools for compliance with regulations promulgated by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. <a id="paragraph-236124" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-705/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall specify procedures for enforcement of compliance with the disease control and disclosure requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Tattooing or body piercing of minors" href="/18.2-371.3/">18.2-371.3</a>, including unannounced inspections by appropriate personnel. <a id="paragraph-236125" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-705/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> or the Virginia Department of Health, or an affiliated local health department, may regulate the sanitary condition of the personnel, equipment, and premises of <span class="dictionary">tattoo parlors</span>, <span class="dictionary">body-piercing salons</span>, and <span class="dictionary">ear-piercing salons</span>. <a id="paragraph-236126" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-705/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1962, c. 639, &#xA7; 26, &#xA7; 54-83.27; 1974, c. 534; 1988, c. 765; 1993, c. 499; 2000, c. 726; 2002, cc. 797, 869; 2003, c. 600; 2005, c. 829; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2025, cc. 308, 322.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
