Skin and Special Treatment Licensing Checklist

Check which licences, registrations and approvals your salon or clinic needs in England, London, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland – and prepare for the changes coming.

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Skin and Special Treatment Licensing Checklist

About this document

What it’s for

A practical checklist of the licences, registrations and approvals that apply to skin-piercing and special treatments – tattooing, semi-permanent make-up, piercing, acupuncture, electrolysis, massage and light treatments, lasers and aesthetics – across the four UK nations, plus the general compliance items every salon needs. It includes a status summary of the new non-surgical cosmetics rules.

When to use it

  • Before opening, buying or moving a salon or clinic
  • Before adding a new treatment or a self-employed practitioner
  • At your annual compliance review

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  • 1. Where things stand – non-surgical cosmetic and special procedures
  • 2. Quick guide – which regime applies to which treatment
  • Part A – Every salon and clinic
  • Part B – England (outside London)
  • Part C – London boroughs
  • Part D – Wales
  • Part E – Scotland
  • Part F – Northern Ireland
  • Part G – Treatment-specific checks (all nations)
  • Practitioner records
  • Sign-off

How to complete it

  • Complete the business details and treatment list at the start
  • Work through Part A and then the part for your nation
  • Record licence numbers and renewal dates in Part H
  • Recheck the status table in section 1 – it is changing quickly

Key points to check

  • Your local council’s website and licensing team are the final word on local requirements
  • Each practitioner, not just the premises, may need their own licence

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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