Business health requirements

Get a permit to own or operate a location offering tattoo, body piercing, or permanent cosmetics.

Get a temporary permit to host a tattoo, body piercing, and permanent cosmetics fair or festival.

Get a license to become a tattoo, body piercing, or permanent cosmetics practitioner.

Get a General Establishment or Sole Practitioner permit to own and operate a massage business in a fixed location.

Get an Outcall Massage Permit to massage clients at different locations.

Learn how to close or transfer a massage business.

You need to have a permit to sell tobacco products, including e-cigarettes.

Cannabis businesses must register with the City and state. You also must get information from your owners.

Cannabis businesses might need other permits and pay other fees to open their business.

Meet with the Office of Cannabis to walk through running your business for the activities you applied for.

Meet with departments before getting plans reviewed, to prevent delays during construction.

The cannabis business application will ask about organizational structure and how you will work with unions.

Right now San Francisco is testing Cannabis Business Temporary Event permits only for certain events.

Information you will need for the rest of the Cannabis Business Permit application.

We are writing cannabis regulations for SF. Many are open for public comment before we finalize them.

Get a health permit to open and operate a laundromat or laundry

Follow this simplified process to get a permit for alterations to existing laundromats

Get a permit to run a pet hospital, dog kennel, or animal boarding facility.

Submit a report for approval to install a cell tower or antenna on public right of way or private property.

Let us know if you are using a scale, meter, or bar code scanner to calculate a price charged to consumers.

Contact 311 to report health issues connected to businesses, apartments, or other living and working spaces.

Tell the Office of Cannabis about cannabis activity you think might be illegal.

File a sound complaint if you have a problem with a business or event.

What to do if you see businesses or others not complying with the Stay Home Order.

Let us know if you were overcharged at checkout or suspect a problem with a gas pump, meter, or scale.