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      • Illegal Dumping
      • Problem Animals
      • Public Liability
      • Straying Livestock
    • Environment
        BackEnvironment
      • Air Quality
      • Biodiversity
      • Biosecurity
      • Blue-green algae blooms
      • Coasts and Coastal Vegetation
      • Conservation Programs and Initiatives
      • Feral Animals
      • Landfill Gas Abatement
      • Mosquitoes
      • Pests and Weeds
      • Weed Spray Equipment Hire
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Tattooing and Piercing

The purpose of the Public Health (Infection Control for Personal Appearance Services) Act 2003 is to minimise the risk of infection that may result from the provision of personal appearance services. This Act requires Council to monitor the health standards of operations in such premises.

Who needs a licence?

Any business that conducts the following activities is classified as higher risk and requires a licence from Council:

  • Body piercing
  • Implanting a natural or synthetic substance into a person's skin, for example hair or beads
  • Scarring or cutting a person's skin using a sharp instrument to make a permanent mark, pattern or design
  • Tattooing.

Note: It is critical that all employees that are conducting the higher risk activities hold qualifications in infection control. Proof of infection control qualifications is required.

Application

Who doesn't need a licence?

  • Hairdressers
  • Beauty therapists providing facial or body treatments including the application of cosmetics, manicures, pedicures, application of, or mending artificial nails and hair removal by electrolysis or wax
  • Skin penetration procedures that are not mentioned above, for example closed ear or nose piercing.

Fact sheets and helpful information

Ear piercing fact sheet 
Body piercing fact sheet
Hairdressing premises fact sheet 
Tattooing fact sheet 

The following publications from Queensland Health provide helpful information for business operators:

Infection Control Guidelines for Personal Appearance Services 2012 

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PO Box 29
Gladstone Qld 4680

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101 Goondoon Street, Gladstone Qld 4680
3 Don Cameron Drive, Calliope Qld 4680
41 Blomfield Street, Miriam Vale Qld 4677
Cnr Wyndham & Hayes Avenues, Boyne Island Qld 4680

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47 Raglan Street, Mount Larcom Qld 4695

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Gladstone Regional Council would like to acknowledge the Byellee, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang and Taribelang Bunda people who are the traditional custodians of this land. Gladstone Regional Council would also like to pay respect to Elders both past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Learn more about Council's Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

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