Missouri Permanent Makeup License Requirements

In order to apply to a practitioner license you must have the following:

A bloodborne pathogen training program
First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
An apprenticeship, which shall include at least three hundred (300) documented hours of practical experience that includes at a minimum of fifty (50) completed procedures in each area that the applicant has filed an application for licensure.
In lieu of an apprenticeship, an applicant may submit proof that he/she has successfully completed a course of study in tattooing, body piercing, and/or branding in a school licensed or accredited as a school by any state or federal agency. The course of study must have been completed in the same practice area that the applicant has applied for a license.
- A person applying under this subsection shall also submit proof of practical experience that includes at least twenty-five (25) completed procedures in the same field that the applicant has applied for licensure. For purposes of this subsection, proof of practical experience may be certified to by a school which meets the requirements of this rule or by any person licensed to practice tattooing, branding, or body piercing in another state, territory, or commonwealth.
Alternatively, and in lieu of an apprenticeship, an applicant may submit proof or other evidence which verifies that he/she has, within the last seven (7) years, practiced for a minimum of three (3) years in the same practice area that the applicant has applied for licensure.