Prevents illness and infection from spreading when people have personal services like tattoos, piercings, massage, or esthetic services (e.g., manicures, pedicures, facials, hair styling).Prevents illness and infection from spreading by:
- reviewing plans for new businesses
- approving facilities before they open
- doing inspections to make sure practices followed are safe and facilities are maintained as regulation requires
- investigating any complaints from clients.
The requirements of the Personal Services Regulation and its related Health Standards and Guidelines apply to services which offer:
- barbering
- body and ear piercing (using guns or needles)
- body wraps
- branding
- chemical hair colouring, straightening and curling
- chemical peels
- cosmetic cryotherapy
- cryolipolysis (cool sculpting)
- dermal jewelry anchoring
- dermal filler injection
- dermal rolling
- earlobe stretching
- electrolysis
- esthetic cupping
- eyebrow threading
- face and body painting
- facial and body waxing
- facials
- hair extension
- haircutting and hairstyling
- henna
- lash and brow tinting
- lash extension
- laser and cosmetic tattoo removal
- laser hair re-growth and restoration
- laser hair removal
- manicure
- microblading
- microderm abrasion
- mud treatments
- neuromodulator injection (botox)
- pedicure
- permanent make-up
- scarification
- shaving
- skin exfoliation
- spray tanning
- tattooing
- teeth whitening
- tooth decoration
- ultraviolet (UV) tanning (tanning beds)
- vaginal rejuvenation
For more information visit the Environmental Public Health website or submit a request online.
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