Colorado: Permanent Makeup & Nano Brows Regulation

Verified against official sources, 2026-07-13.

How can you check Nano Brows providers in Colorado?

No online lookup located: As of 2026-07-13, we did not locate a public online lookup. You may ask the provider for the credential's name and issuing agency.

A lookup result reflects only the information shown by the issuing agency. Directory inclusion does not certify a provider's credentials or legal compliance.

Who regulates it

CDPHE promulgates statewide sanitation rules for body art (6 CCR 1010-22) under C.R.S. §25-4-2101; NO state license exists for artists or establishments — enforcement and any licensing sit with local public health agencies (Denver licenses both artists and establishments)

Does it cover permanent makeup / nano brows?

Coverage: covered-as-tattoo

Rule 1-102(aa): "TATTOOING means inserting pigment under the surface of the human skin or mucosa by pricking with a needle or other means, to permanently change the color or appearance..." — plainly covers PMU/microblading/nano brows; 1-102(d) body art definition EXCLUDES "practices conducted under the supervision of a physician" (a physician-SUPERVISION exemption, broader than most states' physician-performs exemptions). No CDPHE document expressly naming 'permanent makeup' was located (explicit-naming UNRESOLVED — hence covered-as-tattoo).

Artist requirements

License required	No individual artist license at this level
Training	no state license; rule duties: demonstrate knowledge of Universal Precautions/disinfection/sterilization (2-201); hepatitis B vaccination or written declination. PUBLISH-HOLD: the no-state-artist-license absence is rule-side verified (full official rule text contains no licensing provision) but statute-side rests on CRS mirrors — hold any published absence statement until the official statute text is re-sourced (B10-adjacent)
Exam	none (state); Denver licenses artists locally
Bloodborne pathogen	yes — universal-precautions knowledge + HBV vaccination/declination (6 CCR 1010-22 §2-201)
Minimum age	no state artist age rule identified; clients: minors need express parental/guardian consent (§25-4-2103, mirror-sourced) — no absolute age floor
Fee	n/a (state); local fees where local licensing exists (Denver fees UNRESOLVED — pages render empty)
Renewal	n/a (state)

Facility requirements

License required	No
Inspection regime	no state license, but establishments must meet 6 CCR 1010-22 and admit CDPHE/local inspectors during business hours (10-1001); report furnished by end of next workday (10-1003); penalties ≤$250/day (§25-4-2102); LOCAL licensing regimes where adopted (Denver: establishment license, temporary ≤14 days)
Fee	set locally where local licensing exists
Renewal	per local agency

Local variation

County-level variation: Yes

State sets minimum sanitation standards; locals may adopt standards "at least as stringent" (§25-4-2101, mirror-sourced) and run their own licensing (Denver licenses both artists and establishments).

Local overlays

Denver (city)

Dual city licensing where the state has none: artists must be 18+ and work at a licensed establishment/mobile vehicle; DDPHE Board of Health rules govern. NUANCE FLAGGED FOR STATE-SIDE CHECK: Denver's page states a cosmetologist 'authorized to do microblading by the state' doesn't need the city body-artist license (though DDPHE can require body-art-ordinance compliance) — the premise that Colorado cosmetology authorizes microblading needs a DORA scope check before the CO entry ships to consumers. Fees UNRESOLVED (pages render empty).

Reciprocity

Not addressed in Part 21 or 6 CCR 1010-22 (full TOCs reviewed); Denver-licensed artists are exempt from Denver temporary-event permits.

Pending / recent changes

Active changes: None identified

None identified: SOS rule page shows one current version, no proposed filings (current through 2025-06-10); no 2025-26 body-art bills surfaced (leg.colorado.gov bill search not directly fetchable — residual uncertainty).

What this means before you book

Colorado has statewide health rules for cosmetic tattooing but no state license for artists or studios, so verification runs through your local public health agency. In Denver both the studio and the individual artist must hold city licenses; ask to see them, and note that physician-supervised PMU is exempt from the body-art rules entirely.

Statutes & sources cited

C.R.S. §§25-4-2101–2103 (Body Art Act — rulemaking authority, penalties, minors) — STATUTE TEXT VIA CRS MIRRORS (Justia/Cornell; leg.colorado.gov is Lexis-hosted): official-text re-source queued
6 CCR 1010-22 (Body Art Establishments — 10 sections; current through CO Register Vol. 48 No. 11, 2025-06-10) — official at sos.state.co.us (researcher-retrieved full text; reviewer re-fetch blocked by PDF viewer)