Law & Legislation

USA

• A Definitive Guide to Tattoo Laws across the USA state by state 2022

Canada

• Health Canada Guidelines: Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Personal Services: Tattooing, Ear/Body Piercing, and Electrolysis (1999)
• Tattoo Industry Still Unregulated 6 years after legislation introduced (CBC Nova Scotia, 2018)

British Columbia

• Guidelines for Body Modification (November 2017)
• Capitol Regional District Bylaw 3304: Bylaw regulating tattoo facilities
• Tattoo & Piercing Safety (Healthlink BC)

New Zealand

• Legal Ta Moko-Over: Maori Tattooing, Copyright, and “The Hangover 2.”
  • Article by Stickland, 2009, Materialworld Blog