Tattoo Parlor Permit Requirements in Anchorage, AK

1. EIN (Employer Identification Number)

   Required if you have employees or operate as an LLC or corporation. Free from the IRS.

   Official government source

   Free·Immediate (online application)

   Free

   Immediate (online application)

1. Alaska — No State Sales Tax

   Alaska has no statewide sales tax. However, local municipalities (including Juneau and other cities) may levy local sales taxes. Check with your local municipality for applicable sales tax requirements.

   Official government source

   Free (no state sales tax registration required)·N/A

   Free (no state sales tax registration required)

   N/A

2. CPR and Bloodborne Pathogens Training (per tattoo artist)

   Every tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, and body piercing practitioner licensed by the Alaska Board of Barbers and Hairdressers must verify completion of both a CPR course and a bloodborne pathogens course as part of the license application (form 08-4464). The board has approved a list of online bloodborne pathogen courses offered by the American Red Cross or equivalent organizations, including abovetraining.com, probloodborne.com, protrainings.com, and BodyArtTrainingGroup.com. This is a state licensing requirement, not a local one.

   Official government source

   $20–$80 per person for an approved online bloodborne pathogen course (private vendors set their own prices); CPR certification is a separate course cost·Half-day course; complete before submitting the license application

   $20–$80 per person for an approved online bloodborne pathogen course (private vendors set their own prices); CPR certification is a separate course cost

   Half-day course; complete before submitting the license application

1. Alaska Board of Barbers and Hairdressers — Tattoo Shop and Practitioner Licenses

   Tattoo shops in Alaska are licensed by the Board of Barbers and Hairdressers within the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing (CBPL) — not by the Department of Environmental Conservation. The owner files a Shop Owner License application (form 08-4191), which covers shops performing tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, body piercing, hairdressing, barbering, esthetics, or manicuring, and must include a satisfactory sanitary health inspection certificate. Individual artists are separately licensed by the same board (form 08-4464) after passing a Prov examination and verifying CPR and bloodborne pathogens training. DEC sets the sanitation regulations for body art shops but charges no fee. In Anchorage the sanitary inspection is performed by the Anchorage Health Department’s Food Safety & Sanitation program. The sanitary inspection is DEC’s Certificate of Sanitary Standards under 18 AAC 23.310, which carries no DEC fee and is renewed annually; DEC sends proof directly to CBPL.

   Official government source

   $410 total for the Shop Owner License ($150 nonrefundable application fee plus $260 license fee); each individual tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing practitioner license is $330 ($150 application plus $180 initial license), charged per discipline·2–6 weeks

   $410 total for the Shop Owner License ($150 nonrefundable application fee plus $260 license fee); each individual tattooing, permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing practitioner license is $330 ($150 application plus $180 initial license), charged per discipline

   2–6 weeks

2. No Anchorage General Business License (state license only)

   The Municipality of Anchorage does not issue a general business license or business tax certificate. Nearly all businesses need only the Alaska state business license from DCCED/CBPL. The Municipal Clerk's Office separately licenses a short list of regulated activities — adult-oriented establishments, pawnbrokers, private detective agencies, roving vendors and ice cream trucks, tow operators, used-automobile display lots, teen nightclubs and cultural performance venues, circuses/carnivals/fairs, short-term rentals, and marijuana establishments — so check with the Clerk only if your business is on that list. Other Anchorage departments issue activity-specific permits (health permits, special land use permits).

   Official government source

   $0 — no general municipal license fee; the Alaska state business license is $50 per year·N/A locally

   $0 — no general municipal license fee; the Alaska state business license is $50 per year

   N/A locally

Official Sources

• Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation — Tattoo Facility Permit
• Municipality of Anchorage Development Services

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