What is Tattoo Safe Register?
Tattoo Safe Register is the only official tattoo registration body for Tattoo businesses and Tattooist in the United Kingdom and EU By law all Tattoo businesses must be on the Tattoo Safe Register.
A Tattooist can only be aligned to a registered business and be issued with a license to undertake Tattoo work on behalf of a registered business if they hold a valid and current Tattoo Safe Certification . This evidence of competence relates only to matters of tattoo safety and is obtained by every tattooist through a recognised route of training and assessment (much as the DVLA issues driving licences to those who have demonstrated their competence by passing a driving test).
Registration is only given on the basis of the business having all staff members to have tattoo safe certification.
The Register is not a membership body or trade association.
The Register (and all services associated with it) is alongside the relevant Health and Safety Authority for each region in which it operates.
A Tattooist can only be aligned to a registered business and be issued with a license to undertake Tattoo work on behalf of a registered business if they hold a valid and current Tattoo Safe Certification . This evidence of competence relates only to matters of tattoo safety and is obtained by every tattooist through a recognised route of training and assessment (much as the DVLA issues driving licences to those who have demonstrated their competence by passing a driving test).
Registration is only given on the basis of the business having all staff members to have tattoo safe certification.
The Register is not a membership body or trade association.
The Register (and all services associated with it) is alongside the relevant Health and Safety Authority for each region in which it operates.
What We Do
- Operate the official UK list of tattoo businesses and Tattooist that work for those businesses, as required by law, to ensure only those Tattooist are licensed to legally work within the tattoo studio
- Undertake monitoring inspections of all businesses on the tattoo Safe Register to ensure they are applying tattoo competence health and hygiene
- Investigate tattoo safety complaints against registered businesses/tattooist for compliance with the tattoo Safety (hygiene/cross contamination, procedure of tattooing), the technical specifications required to meet the HASWA74 Regulations in England and in Wales.
- Apply a sanctions policy where instances of unsafe work or breaches of rules of registration are identified.
- Investigate reports of illegal tattoo work carried out by un-registered businesses or tattooist and report our findings to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). To view these prosecutions please visit the HSE website.
- Undertake consumer campaigns to raise the awareness of tattoo safety issues such as cross contamination, death by negligence and the dangers of using illegal tattooist not on the tattoo Safe Register.
What We Don't Do
- Do not have the authority or ability to recommend one registered tattooist over another one.
- Do not employ the tattoo Safe registered businesses or tattooist on the tattoo Safe Register.
- Do not investigate, inspect or deal with matters which fall outside our remit, such as: financial, contractual or commercial disputes.
- Do not apply sanctions or defects against registered businesses or tattooist disproportionately or without sufficient validated evidence.
- Do not apply sanctions or defects against registered businesses or tattooist disproportionately or without sufficient validated evidence.