Body-Piercer License (individual)
VirginiaActive
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Specific course
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Not reported
The Board for Barbers and Cosmetology licenses individuals and businesses that perform barbering, cosmetology, nail care, waxing, tattooing, body piercing, and esthetics. The Board also regulates individuals who teach and schools that provide training in those areas.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Specific course required
- Continuing education
- No continuing education requirement
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- Experience
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
- Military and veterans
- Expedited processing is available for military and spouses
Issuing body
- Department
- Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
- Board
- Board for Barbers and Cosmetology
- Address
- 9960 Mayland Drive Suite 400 Richmond, VA 23233
- Phone
- (804) 367-8590
- Agency website
- https://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/BarberCosmo/
- Last updated
- August 11, 2023
Occupations (O*NET)
- Tattoo Artist 27-1019.00
- Barber 39-5011.00
- Barber 39-5012.00
- Apprentice 39-5091.00
- Nail Technician 39-5092.00
- Apprentice 39-5093.00
- Esthetician 39-5094.00
- Electrologist 39-9099.00
Source and verification
This record is Virginia's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with Board for Barbers and Cosmetology — see the issuing body section above.
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