Thank for your interest in the New Jersey Body Art update.

The following resources are important for the future of tattooing in New Jersey

Did you know NJ updated their Body Art Code last year? 

I wouldn’t have been aware either if I weren’t the board secretary of the Alliance of Professional Tattooists (APT). NJ gave a heads up to our Home Office and the proposed update review became my task.  If this didn’t happen, the proposed language of the pigment section of the code would have been approved and tattooing would have become illegal in July 2022 due to noncompliance.  Since then, I have been the only tattoo artist as a representative of the APT allowed in the room with state health department officials.  My name is Caroline Evans. I have been tattooing since 1998 and have tattooed in almost every county here in NJ as a resident artist, guest artist or conventioneer.  I have been on reality tv (filmed here in NJ) and own my own shop in Brick NJ.  I was introduced to the original code in 2001. I don’t want to be the only voice—this affects us all and I can’t speak on behalf of everyone.

Do you know the current code’s contents? (PDF)

Do you know a Permanent Makeup (PMU) practioner only needs 100 hours of training, 1,900 less hours than a tattoo apprenticeship of 2000 hours? (NEHA statement here, PDF)

Tired of fixing botched PMU “tiny tattoos”? Tired of reaching out to the state health department with such complaints for nothing to happen?

Do you want to know more?  We want all NJ artists to be informed (Dropbox)

Do you want to have input?  We would love to have your feedback, questions, concerns, issues with the code. (Use the contact form below)

Do you want to make changes?  We would love to have you involved.  We already have a small group together but this task to get our code up to industry standards is a big undertaking. Thank you 😊