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Overview of Professions
Professional Scope
Authorizing Statutes & Rules
License Count
Licensing Information
Qualifications
Examination
Professional Scope
 
Electrologists, through a series of treatments, permanently remove hair from the skin by inserting a sterile needle-conductor into the hair follicle and directing electrical energy toward the hair cell. Electrologists work in beauty salons, in collaboration with dermatologists, and in private practice.
 
 
Tattoo artists and permanent color technicians mark or color the skin by inserting nontoxic dyes or pigments into or under the subcutaneous portion of the skin using single-use or sterile needles to form indelible marks for figurative, decorative, cosmetic or medical purposes.

Authorizing Statutes & Rules
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Electrology, Permanent Color and Tattoo Arts Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 690.350 to 690.430 (Scroll down to find the correct ORS section.)

Electrology Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) Chapter 331, Divisions 505-545 (Scroll down to find the related division.)

Permanent Color and Tattoo Arts Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) Chapter 331, Divisions 550-590 (Scroll down to find the related division.)

License Count
How many electrologists, permanent color technicians / tattoo artists, facilities and mobile facilities are licensed in Oregon?  Click here to find out.

Licensing Information
Tattoo
License / Renewal Period:  Two years
 
Registration / Service Fees - Click here to go to the Fees page.
 
Applications and other materials - Click here to go to the Forms page.

Qualifications
Electrology
 
Permanent Color and Tattoo Arts

Examination
Electrology
Permanent Color Technicians and Tattoo Artists
  • At the Oregon Health Licensing Agency (OHLA) on a walk-in basis

 
Page updated: January 19, 2010

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