                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INSPECTIONS (§ 54.1-705)

A. Inspectors and sanitarians of the State Department of Health, or an
affiliated local health department, may inspect each barbershop, cosmetology
salon, waxing salon, nail care salon, tattoo parlor, body-piercing salon,
ear-piercing salon, and esthetics spa 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.

B. The Board may inspect barbershops, barber schools, cosmetology salons and
schools, waxing salons and schools, nail care salons and schools, tattoo parlors
and schools, body-piercing salons and schools, ear-piercing salons and schools,
and esthetics spas and schools for compliance with regulations promulgated by
the Board.

C. The Board shall specify procedures for enforcement of compliance with the
disease control and disclosure requirements of &#xA7; 18.2-371.3, including
unannounced inspections by appropriate personnel.

D. The Board or the Virginia Department of Health, or an affiliated local health
department, may regulate the sanitary condition of the personnel, equipment, and
premises of tattoo parlors, body-piercing salons, and ear-piercing salons.

HISTORY: 1962, c. 639, § 26, § 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.