Idaho: Permanent Makeup & Nano Brows Regulation

Verified against official sources, 2026-07-14.

How can you check Nano Brows providers in Idaho?

No online lookup located: As of 2026-07-14, 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

NONE — no Idaho state agency licenses PMU/tattoo practitioners or facilities, and no district health department runs a body-art program. Idaho HAD a licensing scheme (Board of Cosmetology: 'permanent cosmetics' defined, technician registration + facility license, HB 713/1998) and REPEALED it (SB 1324/2018, Session Law ch. 228, eff. 2018-07-01) without replacement

Does it cover permanent makeup / nano brows?

Coverage: unaddressed

OFFICIAL ABSENCE BY CONVERGENCE (strongest absence chain in the DB): (1) explicit repeal event with bill/chapter/date; (2) current ch. 58 text omits all tattoo/PMU terms (read in full); (3) IDAPA 24.28.01 scope omits them; (4) DOPL Board guidance (rev. Feb 2026): "The practice of esthetics is limited to noninvasive skincare treatments. Any procedure exceeding these guidelines, by delving into living tissue... would be deemed invasive and outside an Idaho esthetician's lawful scope" — PMU is invasive, so cosmetology licenses do NOT cover it and no other license exists; (5) DOPL's complete profession inventory has no tattoo/body-art category; (6) all SEVEN independent public health districts' licensing programs individually checked — none includes body art. The only PMU-reaching current law is the minors statute (§18-1523(1)(f): tattoo = 'indelible mark... by the insertion of a pigment under the skin').

Artist requirements

License required	No individual artist license at this level
Training	n/a — no credential exists (1998-2018 scheme required only age 18+, HS-equivalent education, fee)
Exam	none
Bloodborne pathogen	no state requirement identified
Minimum age	no artist floor; CLIENTS: §18-1523 — FLAT BAN under 14; ages 14-17 require PRIOR WRITTEN INFORMED CONSENT of parent/legal guardian executed IN THE PRESENCE of the person performing the procedure (or their employee/agent); misdemeanor: fine ≤$500 first offense, $500-$1,000 within one year repeat
Fee	n/a
Renewal	n/a

Facility requirements

License required	No
Inspection regime	none — no state or district body-art inspection program identified (all 7 districts checked); Boise historically treats tattoo parlors as a ZONING land-use category (2011 official record: CUP in C-1, allowed C-2/C-3/C-5) — current 2026 zoning text unconfirmed; Meridian/Nampa codes unprobed (JS platforms)
Fee	n/a
Renewal	n/a

Local variation

County-level variation: No

No preemption question arises — there is no state scheme; the seven health districts are independent (boards appointed by county commissioners) and none has adopted a body-art program; city-level activity found only as land-use zoning (Boise).

Reciprocity

n/a — no license exists to endorse (ch. 58's endorsement provision §54-5816 covers cosmetology-family licenses only).

Pending / recent changes

Active changes: None identified

2025 and 2026 session bill-title indexes fetched and searched: zero tattoo/PMU/body-art matches. Three 2026 cosmetology bills (H0513, H0514 enacted eff. 2026-07-01, H0547) individually checked — none touches PMU. No revival of the pre-2018 scheme pending.

What this means before you book

Idaho has no license for PMU artists or studios — the state repealed its permanent-cosmetics licensing scheme in 2018 and neither the cosmetology board (whose licenses are limited to noninvasive work) nor the regional health districts regulate the practice. The one statewide rule is for minors: PMU is banned under 14, and 14-to-17-year-olds need a parent's written consent signed in the artist's presence. With no public register to check, verifying an Idaho artist means asking about training and insurance directly.

Statutes & sources cited

Idaho Code §18-1523 (Minors — tattooing, branding, tanning devices, body piercing; the ONLY current Idaho statute reaching PMU; full text fetched 2026-07-14)
Idaho Code tit. 54 ch. 58 (Barber and Cosmetology Services Act, created by SB 1324/2018): §54-5802 definitions confine esthetics/makeup artistry to 'noninvasive' work; §54-5805(12) exempts makeup artistry from licensure entirely; NO tattoo/PMU terms anywhere in the chapter
REPEAL CHAIN: HB 713 (1998) added 'permanent cosmetics' definitions + technician/facility licensing to tit. 54 ch. 8; SB 1324 (2018) repealed ch. 8 in its entirety (legislature's index now marks it '[REPEALED]')