Body Art Safety Resource Library

A public collection of BAQA guidance for safer choices, applications, training, verification, standards and concerns. Use the live HTML pages for the current version; client checklists are print-ready.

Tattoo artist reviewing a consultation and design with an adult client — Client guidance translates standards into practical questions.

Presenter discussing body art discipline standards with a small professional group — Standards and resources should have clear scope and review controls.

Client safety checklists

Print-ready questions for tattooing, piercing, PMU, microblading, SMP and removal.

Choose a checklist

PMU knowledge hub

Client, learner and practitioner guidance for cosmetic tattooing terminology, consultation, healed results, pigments, training and correction decisions.

Explore PMU guidance

Find & Verify

Find public BAQA records or validate a particular membership, studio or certificate claim.

Choose a verification tool

Credential and professional claims

Understand what membership, certification, accreditation, badges and validation records do—and do not—show.

Review credential claims

Studio account security

Protect email, booking, website, cloud, social-media and client-record accounts and prepare for recovery.

Use the security checklist

Licensing guide

Use official starting sources and a repeatable method for location-specific requirements.

Check local requirements

Application readiness

See what the current BAQA forms identify as mandatory, recommended or supporting evidence.

Prepare an application

Training and mentorship

Questions, positive signs and warning signs for learners, mentors and training clients.

Review the guide

Standards governance

Understand BAQA terminology, evidence status, version controls and correction routes.

See how standards are controlled

Complaints and concerns

Use a practical router before submitting private information or evidence.

Find the right route

Help Centre

Search short answers and question variants, then use managed chat when the published answer is not enough.

Search help

Body art standards

Browse BAQA’s voluntary guidance for each body art discipline.

Browse standards

Authority Resource Centre

Editable model regulation, discipline annexes, inspection tools and an adoption pathway for governments and public authorities.

Open authority resources

Library review: 4 September 2026. Individual resources carry their own scope and review information.