Starting a health premises?
Under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008, health businesses that conduct the following activities must register with us:
- Beauty therapy
Any procedure intended to maintain, alter or enhance a person's appearance by, facial or body treatments, application of cosmetics, manicures or pedicures, application or mending of artificial nail and epilation including by electrolysis or hot or cold wax
- Hairdressing
Any procedure intended to maintain, alter or enhance a person's appearance in relation to facial or scalp hair by trimming, styling, cutting, and colouring, treating or shaving hair.
- Skin penetration
Any procedure performed on a person other than a surgical or medical procedure that involves, piercing, cutting, scarring, branding, scraping, puncturing or tearing of the skin using an instrument.
- Tattooing
Any process that involves the penetration of a person's skin to make a permanent or semi-permanent mark, pattern or design on the skin.
- Colonic irrigation
A procedure involving the cleansing of a person's colon.
The following health businesses are exempt from the requirements to be registered: Dentists, Medicals practitioners, Nurses, Podiatrists, Acupuncturists, Pathology services, Non-pathology analysis businesses, and Hospitals/health centres.