Our policy at Inkville is to make you as comfortable as possible and to make sure you are pleased with the work you receive. The following guidelines will help in that goal.
FOOD & DRINK
No food or drink is allowed in the tattooing station except for bottled water. Please dispose of your trash in the trash cans located at the back of the shop or outside in front of the shop. DO NOT place trash in the tattoo work station trash cans (these are for infectious materials and are NOT to be touched/used by customers).
CHILDREN
Children over the age of 14 yrs. old are welcome inside the shop, but not allowed in the tattoo stations unless they are being tattooed with a parental release form and parent onsite. We are sorry, but due to the Health Department regulations no children under the age of 14 yrs. old are allowed inside the tattoo shop at any time. Please arrange to have a responsible party watch your children off premises.
*excerpt from Health Department Regulations
Section 7 — Patrons
7.1 Patron age requirements and other age restrictions
7.1.1 No persons under the age of eighteen (18) shall be permitted to loiter in the tattoo area of the establishment, whether or not they are the children or wards of the Health Permit holder, responsible person, or any of the employees, operators, visiting artists, or patrons of the tattoo establishment.
7.1.2 Persons under the age of fourteen (14) shall not be permitted to enter the facility or have a tattoo applied in the tattoo establishment. Patrons between the ages of fourteen (14) and eighteen (18) are permitted in the tattoo area when receiving services in the presence of their legal parent or guardian or when they are legally emancipated by a court of competent jurisdiction and can provide documentation to that fact.
MINOR'S TATTOOS
If you are age 14 yrs old and above, please bring a legal guardian/parent with you to get tattooed. We reserve the right to deny tattooing you until the age of 16 yrs, old! Your parent/legal guardian must provide a valid ID for themself, and certified copy of a birth certificate/guardianship papers etc. for the minor, showing proof that they are legally allowed to consent to a tattoo procedure on the minor. If you are an emancipated minor, please bring your valid ID with appropriate paperwork proving this fact. Below is an excerpt from the Health Department Guidelines
7.1.4 No person shall perform any tattoo procedure whatsoever upon a person under the age of fourteen (14) years, unless under the supervision of a medical professional. Tattoo procedures performed upon a person under the age of eighteen (18) years require the written consent and proper identification of a parent or guardian unless the person has been emancipated by a court of competent jurisdiction and can provide legal documentation stating this fact. Any tattoos performed on a minor must be done in the presence of a parent or guardian.
7.1.5 Nothing in this section is intended to require a tattoo operator to perform any tattoo on a person under eighteen (18) years of age, even with parental or guardian consent.
7.1.8 Government-issued photographic identification provided by the parent or guardian of a patron under the age of eighteen (18) must be photocopied and kept with the patron’s paperwork. A certified copy of a birth certificate, guardianship papers, or other document where both the adult and minor’s names are listed can be used to document the authenticity of the relationship.
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