Morgan County, IN Business Licensing & Operations: Tattoo & Body Modification (2026)

Morgan County Code § 113.01 regulates every place, individual and business that affixes a permanent tattoo or performs body piercing, requiring the premises and equipment to be kept sanitary, and applies all of Chapter 113's rules to body piercers and piercing facilities the same as to tattoo operators. Section 113.18(A) requires each tattoo parlor to obtain a Health Department permit listing the business owner's name and address and the name and address of every tattoo artist at that location; the permit must be posted where tattoos are performed, expires December 31 each year, must be renewed annually, and is non-transferable.

If an operation conducts business without first obtaining a permit, or reinstates a revoked permit, § 113.18(A) doubles the ordinary permit fee. Section 113.18(B) flatly bars mobile tattoo or body-piercing facilities: no mobile operation is eligible for a permit at all. Section 113.19 requires the Health Department to inspect every tattoo parlor at least once a year, with additional inspections for complaints, and § 113.20 lets the Health Officer suspend or revoke a permit for any violation of Chapter 113 or of state or federal bloodborne-pathogen and OSHA workplace rules, with appeals running through I.C. 4-21.5-3.