Mississippi Permanent Makeup License Requirements

The Mississippi Department of Health regulates permanent cosmetics as tattoo.

Read the tattoo regulations here.

In order to apply for a regular tattoo artist license you must have:

• A complete and notarized application.
• Copy of driver’s license or social security card.
• Passport style photo (copies of photos are not acceptable)
• Application fee – $150.00 (non-refundable) per registration [$150.00 for each tattoo registration; $150.00 for each body piercing registration]. )
• Proof of having completed the American Red Cross “Preventing Disease Transmission” course or its equivalent.
• Verification of all current or non-current [within the last 18-months] licensure/registration, reported directly from the licensing authority (with seal).
• Copy of all current or non-current licensure/registrations.

To read the application package, click here.

Return application and any fee to:

Mississippi State Department of Health Professional Licensure
Tattoo & Body Piercing
Post Office 1700
Jackson, Mississippi 39215-1700

Last updated: May, 2017