Tattoo law in Brazil
In Brazil the health regulator Anvisa says a tattoo business needs an operating licence (alvará sanitário) before it starts, and tattooing is classed as high risk, which requires an inspection first.
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- Studio or artist registration or licence
- Operating licence (alvará sanitário) from the health surveillance, with a prior sanitary inspection
- Authority
- Vigilância sanitária (health surveillance)
- Law
- Instrução Normativa Anvisa nº 66/2020 and RDC Anvisa nº 153/2017 (risk level and prior inspection)
- Source
- Anvisa (gov.br), read 5 November 2026.
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