Nevada

What the form asks in Nevada

Nevada’s rule names things the standard waiver form did not ask. A shop in Nevada gets them by default: the questions on its form, the rest on its record in the shop app.

• A photo of the client's ID (on every form)“A copy of the photographic identification of the client” (Nev. Admin. Code § 444.00803(3)(i); in Clark County, SNHD Body Art Regulations §§ 6.1.1, 6.1.2)
• The risks of a tattoo the state's rule lists, in writing on a tattoo's consent“A risk notification section that provides information detailing the risks and possible consequences of a body art procedure” (SNHD Body Art Regulations § 6.3.4 (Clark County); the physician line, § 6.3.5)
• The risks of a piercing the state's rule lists, in writing on a piercing's consent“A risk notification section that provides information detailing the risks and possible consequences of a body art procedure” (SNHD Body Art Regulations § 6.3.4 (Clark County); the physician line, § 6.3.5)
• Whether the client has eaten in the last 4 hours“Have you eaten within the past 4 hours?” (SNHD Body Art Regulations § 6.3.5.1 (Clark County))
• The client's answer that they are not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, asked and printed on every form“Are you under the influence of drugs or alcohol?” (SNHD Body Art Regulations § 6.3.5.2 (Clark County))
• The medications and blood thinners question, always on“Have you ingested anticoagulants (such as heparin or warfarin), antiplatelet drugs, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) (such as aspirin, ibuprofen, etc.) in the last 24 hours?” (SNHD Body Art Regulations § 6.3.5.3; medication that slows healing, § 6.3.5.4 (Clark County))
• An allergies question: medicines, ointments, soaps, latex, anything put on the skin“Do you have any allergies or adverse reactions to dyes, pigments, latex, iodine, or other such products?” (SNHD Body Art Regulations § 6.3.5.5 (Clark County))
• A bleeding-disorder question“Do you have hemophilia, epilepsy, a history of seizure, fainting, narcolepsy, or other conditions that could interfere with the body art procedure?” (SNHD Body Art Regulations § 6.3.5.6 (Clark County))
• A note after the procedure, written on the record from the shop's dashboard“Any complications that occurred during the body art procedure” (SNHD Body Art Regulations § 6.3.6.8 (Clark County))
• The artist's own signature, drawn on the record from the shop's dashboard after the work“Signature of body artist.” (SNHD Body Art Regulations § 6.3.6.9 (Clark County))
• A box the client ticks: they are doing this of their own free will and have read and understood the form“Patrons are voluntarily obtaining services of their own free will and volition” (SNHD Body Art Regulations §§ 6.3.7.1, 6.3.7.2 (Clark County))
• Aftercare instructions, acknowledged in the consent (on every form)“Patrons have received and understand written and verbal aftercare.” (SNHD Body Art Regulations § 6.3.7.4 (Clark County); written aftercare after every procedure, Nev. Admin. Code § 444.00809(1))

What the record must capture

• The artist's full legal name
• The type of procedure and where on the body it goes
• The date of the procedure
• A statement that the work should be considered permanent
• Client's full legal name, date of birth, address and phone number
• A copy of the client's photo ID
• For a minor: the parent's photo ID and proof of custody or guardianship
• For an emancipated minor: a certified copy of the decree
• The signature of the client, or of the consenting parent or guardian

Yes. Check an unexpired government photo ID with the client's birthdate and keep a copy with the release form; Clark County additionally makes you photocopy the ID of anyone 21 or younger and note the ID check on the consent form.

Who may see it. Nevada's rule says each signed client release form "must be maintained securely on the premises of the establishment" for at least 2 years. (Nev. Admin. Code § 444.00803(2))

"Each client release form must be maintained securely on the premises of the establishment for at least 2 years pursuant to NAC 444.00789." — Nev. Admin. Code § 444.00803(2)

A license on a phone in Nevada

Nevada does not issue a digital license. A license on a phone is not an ID a shop here can rely on.

What we read: Nevada DMV 'Driver License & ID Cards' page (dmv.nv.gov/nvdl.htm), 2026-09-11: no electronic or mobile license offered or mentioned. NRS ch. 481 and ch. 483 (leg.state.nv.us) searched for electronic/mobile license language: only NRS 481.056. Apple Wallet, Google Wallet and TSA lists (2026-09-11): Nevada absent.

On waivers.tattoo: a shop can let its clients choose a saved photo of their ID in Settings. It starts off, and in Nevada a saved photo is only ever a picture of a card: a copy for your file, never proof of age.

Minors

18+. Minors only with conditions. A parent or legal guardian has to consent in person and show proof of custody, meaning a certified birth certificate, a court order granting custody or guardianship, or other satisfactory documentation, and you keep a copy. An emancipated minor with a certified copy of the decree is treated as an adult, under NRS 129.080 to 129.140. The Division of Public and Behavioral Health's own guide for establishments lists what a client release form should include, and under client information it names a “Copy of identification, with photo” and a “Copy of legal guardian, if required”, so a minor's file carries the minor's own photo ID as well as the parent's paperwork. In Clark County there is also a hard floor: no body art at all under 14, and from 14 to 17 the parent or guardian shows the artist their photo ID and the proof of custody before the procedure, and copies of both IDs and the custody proof go with the consent form.

"[A]n invasive body decoration establishment must not perform an invasive body decoration procedure on a client who is less than 18 years of age without the express in-person consent of a custodial parent or legal guardian." — Nev. Admin. Code § 444.00807(1)

On waivers.tattoo: turn on Tattooing under 18 in Settings and a client under 18 gets a parent-or-guardian section — who they are, how they are related, their own signature, and a photo of their ID. Nevada’s rule has the form ask for the minor’s own photo ID and a photo of the birth certificate or guardianship papers too. The signed waiver prints what Nevada requires.

Piercing a minor

18+ to sign alone. Minors only with conditions. The custodial parent or legal guardian consents in person and shows proof of custody or guardianship: a certified birth certificate, a court order granting custody or guardianship, or other satisfactory documentation, and the shop keeps a copy. An emancipated minor with a certified decree is treated as an adult.

The exemption belongs to the SHOP, not the procedure: only an establishment that has obtained a health-authority exemption and does nothing but stud-gun earlobes is outside the rule. A tattoo shop's earlobe piercing is covered.

Nev. Admin. Code § 444.00807(1); Southern Nevada Health District Body Art Regulations § 6.1.5 (Clark County) The text

On waivers.tattoo: turn on Piercing under 18 in Settings and a client under 18 gets a parent-or-guardian section — who they are, how they are related, their own signature, and a photo of their ID. Nevada’s rule has the form ask for a photo of the birth certificate or guardianship papers too. The signed waiver prints what Nevada requires.

What the consent form must say

• Artist's name, procedure type, body location and date
• A statement that the procedure should be considered permanent
• Client's name, date of birth, address and phone number
• A copy of the client's photo ID
• Parental consent papers when the client is under 18
• The client's or parent's signature
• In Clark County: a risk notification section
• In Clark County: a patron evaluation section of health questions
• In Clark County: an informed consent section covering aftercare received

"An invasive body decoration establishment must obtain a completed and signed client release form from a client before performing an invasive body decoration procedure." — Nev. Admin. Code § 444.00803(1)

Health history and aftercare

Clark County requires a patron evaluation section right on the consent form: eating in the last 4 hours, drugs or alcohol, anticoagulants or NSAIDs in the last 24 hours, healing-inhibiting medication, dye and latex allergies, hemophilia or seizure history, skin disease, communicable disease, diabetes or heart condition. The state rules for the rural counties do not require a health questionnaire; they only let the operator ask about a history of bloodborne infectious disease. Written aftercare instructions are required everywhere, and must name the shop and the artist, describe how to care for the site, list side effects, say when to see a physician, and give the expected healing time.

"Written aftercare instructions regarding the proper care of the invasive body decoration must be provided to each client following the invasive body decoration procedure." — Nev. Admin. Code § 444.00809(1)

Texting your clients in Nevada

9am to 8pm, the client’s local time. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 598.0918(3) (and the chapeau); enforcement via Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 41.600, 598.0999, in force since 2021-10-01. It names text messages, so a text counts.

Consent. NRS 598.0918 prescribes no consent form. It regulates HOW and WHEN a solicitation by telephone or text message may be conducted, not whether consent was obtained; subsections 4 and 5 use the word "unsolicited" only for the caller-ID limbs. Nevada's registration chapter, NRS ch. 599B, is aimed at prize/premium telephone sellers and does not reach a shop texting its own clients.

A person engages in a "deceptive trade practice" if, during a solicitation by telephone or text message ...: 3. Solicits a person by telephone at his or her residence between 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. The text

PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. NRS 41.600(2)(e) makes "a deceptive trade practice as defined in NRS 598.0915 to 598.0925, inclusive", which includes 598.0918, actionable consumer fraud; a prevailing claimant SHALL be awarded "[a]ny damages that the claimant has sustained," equitable relief, and "the claimant's costs in the action and reasonable attorney's fees." No fixed statutory damages amount. NRS 598.0999(2): the Commissioner, Director, a district attorney or the Attorney General may recover a civil penalty up to $15,000 per willful violation (up to $10,000 for violating an injunction, § 598.0999(1)).

Federal law is the floor under it: 8am to 9pm, the client’s local time, prior express written consent for a marketing text, and a STOP honored within 10 business days (47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(c)(1), (e)).

What to do

• Ask separately. A yes to marketing texts belongs on its own tick, not folded into the box a client has to accept to get tattooed. Keep it with the date and what it said.
• Text between 9am to 8pm, the client’s local time. An area code is not where somebody lives, so when you cannot tell, use the tighter window.
• Honor a STOP that day. Federal law gives you 10 business days. Same-day is the version nobody argues with, and it is what the carriers expect.
• Keep the count low. Nevada sets no cap and neither does federal law, but a shop that texts a client more than a couple of times a month is teaching them to reply STOP.

Who inspects you

There is no single Nevada tattoo agency. Each health district writes and enforces its own body art regulations under the state board of health's authority (NRS 439.200), and the state Division of Public and Behavioral Health is the health authority only where no district exists: Churchill, Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing, Storey and White Pine counties. The permit is a one-year health permit renewed annually wherever you are.

Invasive Body Decoration (IBD) permits; the state's own program covers only the 13 rural counties

• Southern Nevada Health District, Body Art Program · Clark County (Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas)
• Northern Nevada Public Health (formerly Washoe County Health District), Environmental Health: invasive body decoration establishments · Washoe County (Reno, Sparks)
  The health district's own 2017 regulations are the rule here: a permit renewed every year, a client release form kept 2 years with a copy of the client's photo ID (and the parent's or guardian's for a minor), and every artist at least 18. The source
• Carson City Health and Human Services · Carson City and Douglas County
• Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Environmental Health Section (Invasive Body Decoration) · The 13 rural counties: Churchill, Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Pershing, Storey, White Pine

At least once per calendar year in Clark County and in Washoe County, plus as often as needed for compliance. The state rules for rural counties set no fixed cadence; the health authority can come at any reasonable time. The inspector enters with proper identification and must be allowed to examine the documents and records the rules require you to keep, which is where the last 2 years of release forms come in.

Licensing

Your shop. Yes. A health permit from whichever health authority covers you, valid 1 year and renewed annually, with plan review before you build or remodel.

Your artists. Only in Clark County, where every artist needs an SNHD body art card (Red Cross bloodborne-pathogen training, a written exam, proof of training and an ID showing you are 18 or older). Under the state rules an operator only has to be 18 and finish annual bloodborne-pathogen training, and there is no state artist license.

Guest artists and conventions. Under Nevada's state rule, which governs outside the Las Vegas and Reno health districts, a temporary establishment permit covers up to 14 consecutive days inside a permanent building, an artist not employed by the booth's shop files a separate permit application, and the permit holder "must provide copies of all client release forms to the health authority before the end of the event or as requested". In Las Vegas a visiting artist works up to 14 consecutive days hosted by a shop with a valid health permit ($184 on the Southern Nevada Health District's form), and at an event every artist wears the permit as a wristband and uses the same consent form, supplied by the event coordinator. Reno's health district also takes copies of every client form before the event ends and keeps them up to 2 years.

Nev. Admin. Code §§ 444.00793 to 444.00815 The text

The licensing page

Using a generic waiver app in Nevada

A generic waiver app is one form builder for every industry — rafting outfits, gyms, trampoline parks and tattoo shops all start from the same blank template. The tattoo part is yours: you write the questions, you keep them current when the rule changes, and you find out whether you got it right when an inspector reads your file.

In Nevada that is 9 things to set up and keep in step yourself:

• The risks of a tattoo the state's rule lists, in writing on a tattoo's consent
• The risks of a piercing the state's rule lists, in writing on a piercing's consent
• Whether the client has eaten in the last 4 hours
• The medications and blood thinners question, always on
• An allergies question: medicines, ointments, soaps, latex, anything put on the skin
• A bleeding-disorder question
• A note after the procedure, written on the record from the shop's dashboard
• The artist's own signature, drawn on the record from the shop's dashboard after the work
• A box the client ticks: they are doing this of their own free will and have read and understood the form

On waivers.tattoo, a shop in Nevada gets all of it the day it starts. Your page opens with Nevada’s questions already on the form, your client signs on their own phone, and the signed waiver prints what they answered.

Nevada in our state-by-state posts

• 19 states give a guest tattoo artist a short-term license, 11 never license the artist, and the signed waivers stay with the shop in almost every state
• 15 states make you keep a copy of a tattoo or piercing client's ID. 10 say who may see it, 1 says when to shred it.
• Do you need a license to tattoo? 36 states license the shop, 29 license the artist, 10 license neither
• How often does the health inspector come to a tattoo shop? 15 states set a clock. 14 say nothing.
• Who inspects your tattoo shop? The regulator in every state, and the number to call first
• Texting your tattoo clients: the hours, the caps, and all 51 state rules
• OSHA wants your bloodborne pathogens training renewed every year. Your state may want it once, ever.
• Can a minor get a tattoo with parental consent? State by state
• Can a minor get a piercing with parental consent? 45 states say yes, each on its own terms
• Do you have to ask health questions before a tattoo? 21 states say yes. Here are the questions.
• Do you have to give tattoo aftercare instructions in writing? 40 states say yes.
• What has to be on a tattoo consent form? 33 states say. Here is every line they name.
• 27 states make you check ID before a tattoo. The other 24 give you a reason to.
• How long do you have to keep tattoo consent forms? Every state, one table