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Dec 15, 2011

Regulations on Horizon for D.C. Tattoo Artists

If you’re a barber in the District, you have to be licensed and regulated by a city board. But if you’re a tattoo artist or piercer, you’re in the clear — currently, the District remains one of the last places in the country in which tattooing and piercing are wholly unregulated. That looks like it will soon change, but how dramatic the change will be is yet to be determined.

 
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