Louisiana: Permanent Makeup & Nano Brows Regulation

Verified against official sources, 2026-07-14.

How can you check Nano Brows providers in Louisiana?

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

Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), Office of Public Health, Bureau of Sanitarian Services (Food & Drug Unit) — CENTRALIZED statewide 'commercial body art' registration of operators, managers, facilities, and training facilities; regional FDU sanitarians (assigned by parish) are LDH's own field staff, not independent parish regulators

Does it cover permanent makeup / nano brows?

Coverage: explicitly-covered

R.S. 40:2831(1)(c), verbatim: commercial body art facilities include those providing "the application of permanent cosmetics or pigments under the skin of a human being for the purpose of permanently changing the color or other appearance of the skin, including but not limited to permanent eyeliner, eye shadow, or lip color." LAC 51:XXVIII defines Body Art to include 'cosmetic tattooing' and §107(D) requires before/after photographs for permanent cosmetic corrective procedures. 'Microblading' as a literal term: not in the retrievable primary texts (UNRESOLVED whether the July-2025 LDH final rule names it) — coverage via cosmetic tattooing/permanent cosmetics is unambiguous. PHYSICIAN EXEMPTION, verbatim: 'Any physician licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners is exempt from the provisions of this Chapter' (R.S. 40:2832(K)); tattoo REMOVAL by non-physicians is separately criminal per LDH FAQ. Cosmetology board (LSBC) has no PMU jurisdiction; secondary reporting of its 2023 scope rule + a declaratory order (LDH-registered CBA operator in a dedicated room within a salon) is UNVERIFIED against LAC 46:XXXI (PDF blocker) — flagged, not asserted.

Artist requirements

License required	Yes
Training	no hour minimum — operator Certificate of Registration requires current CPR, First Aid, and Bloodborne Pathogens/Disease Transmission Prevention certificates (LAC §109; only BBP may be taken online per LDH FAQ); form FD-56 + state photo ID
Exam	none
Bloodborne pathogen	yes — current certificate; renewed before expiration
Minimum age	NO ARTIST AGE FLOOR FOUND (searched — UNRESOLVED); CLIENTS: R.S. 14:93.2 verbatim — unlawful to tattoo anyone under 18 'without the consent of an accompanying parent or tutor' (accompaniment implies presence; NO absolute age floor — unusual nationally); fine $100-$500 and/or 30 days-1 year; LAC §107.H mirrors (presence + consent + ID) and confirms operators may refuse minors regardless of consent; LDH may suspend/revoke registrations for 14:93.2 violations (R.S. 40:2832(I)-(J))
Fee	$100 initial / $60 annual renewal (operator); $200/$150 (manager) — statutory (R.S. 40:2832(L)), cross-verified against LDH fee table
Renewal	annual — all registrations expire December 31 (LAC §309)

Facility requirements

License required	Yes
Inspection regime	≥1 pre-operational inspection required before approval; LDH may inspect 'at any time the department considers necessary' (R.S. 40:2832(H), verbatim; fixed annual-inspection cadence not stated — noted); suspension/revocation authority §2832(I); form FD-55 via regional FDU sanitarian; temporary event booths: $100 resident / $250 nonresident per event (≤14 consecutive days, posted, pre-use inspection)
Fee	$1,000 initial / $500 annual renewal (facility owner); training facilities $3,000/$1,000 — statutory
Renewal	annual (Dec 31)

Local variation

County-level variation: No

Single centralized LDH scheme; no parish/municipal body-art permitting layer found — New Orleans checked (Municode index has no tattoo/body-art chapter; no city health-dept program found) but with no affirmative city statement → UNRESOLVED-ABSENCE, do not publish as confirmed.

Reciprocity

No reciprocity mechanism — LDH's own FAQ walks an out-of-state artist through the SAME registration (FD-56 + certificates + fee); training certificates are accepted from any approved provider regardless of state, but no license recognition or waiver exists.

Pending / recent changes

Active changes: None identified

No 2025/2026 bill amending R.S. 40:2831-2834 or 14:93.2 found (HB670 keyword hit checked and discarded — wood pellets). WATCH: LDH 'Final Rule: Commercial Body Art' announced 2025-07-11 — PDF is a non-OCR scan, substantive content UNVERIFIED (not asserted); no matching Louisiana Register July/Aug 2025 contents entry found — rule-text retrieval queued HIGH (may add requirements beyond the statute).

What this means before you book

Louisiana registers PMU statewide as 'commercial body art' through the state health department: the studio holds a facility registration ($1,000 to open, $500/year, pre-opening inspection) and each artist holds an operator registration ($100, renewed annually at $60) with current CPR, first-aid, and bloodborne-pathogen certificates. Permanent eyeliner, eye shadow, and lip color are named in the statute itself. Minors can only be tattooed with an accompanying parent or guardian's consent — and studios may refuse minors entirely. There's no public register of operators; verification means contacting LDH's regional sanitarian office.

Statutes & sources cited

La. R.S. 40:2831-2834 (Commercial Body Art Regulation; §2831 definitions fetched verbatim, current text am. Acts 2022 No. 196; §2832 registration/fees/inspections/suspension; §2832(K) physician exemption; §2833 sanitary-standards rulemaking; §2834 injunctive relief)
LAC Title 51 (Sanitary Code), Part XXVIII (Commercial Body Art; LDH-hosted text: §101 definitions incl. 'cosmetic tattooing', §107 client protections incl. minors + PMU corrective-photo rule, §109 operator training, §§309-313 annual registration + temporary registrations, §131 tattoo & permanent cosmetic procedures)
La. R.S. 14:93.2 (tattooing/body piercing of minors — criminal statute, fetched verbatim; unamended since 1997)