Body Art

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is working to transition all of our licensing activities to a new electronic licensing system that makes it easier for providers to manage, update, and renew their license information.

We are excited to announce that the Body Art Establishments and Temporary Event application process has a new system that will be launched Nov. 21. More information can be found at Minnesota Department of Health Licensing System Help.

A person or persons must have a body art establishment license or a temporary event permit to operate an establishment or temporary event where body art is performed (Minnesota Statutes, section 146B.02 and Minnesota Statutes, section 146B.01, subdivision 4).

The system will be live starting Nov. 21. MDH will accept paper applications if they are postmarked by Nov. 30.

I’m a body art establishment license holder — what do I need to do?

For body art establishment license holders, MDH is transferring their information to the new Minnesota Department of Health Licensing System where their license will reside. Body art establishment owners or operators will receive an email from MDH@public.govdelivery.com with instructions for creating their login.

We encourage you to set up your login as soon as possible so that you will receive a reminder when your body art establishment license is due for renewal. If you haven’t logged in and used your unique claim code prior to your license expiration, you will not receive the reminder messages. The renewal notices will be sent in July 2025 if your body art establishment expires September 2025 or July 2026 if your body art establishment expires September 2026.

Contact information

If you have questions or need assistance, please contact the Body Art Program team via email at health.ba@state.mn.us or call 651-201-4200.

Renewal applications for body art establishment licenses expiring Sept. 30 were mailed out July 31.

Please submit your renewal application, along with the renewal fee, on or before Sept. 30 to avoid late fees.

The Minnesota Department of Health will no longer be accepting provisional relocation applications as of July 1 per the 2024 Regular Session.