Nebraska

What the form asks in Nebraska

Nebraska’s rule names things the standard waiver form did not ask. A shop in Nebraska gets them by default: the questions on its form, the rest on its record in the shop app.

• An allergies question: medicines, ointments, soaps, latex, anything put on the skin“Any known client allergies” ("For clients 18 or older, the records must be retained for 3 years; … For inspection purposes, all client records for the past year must be maintained on-site at the facility." — 172 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 44, § 012.03(C))
• A photo of the client's ID (on every form)“A copy of the client's photo ID showing date of birth” ("For clients 18 or older, the records must be retained for 3 years; … For inspection purposes, all client records for the past year must be maintained on-site at the facility." — 172 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 44, § 012.03(C))

What the record must capture

• Client name, address and date of birth
• A copy of the client's photo ID showing date of birth
• Any known client allergies
• Any condition that may affect or hamper healing
• The name of the artist who did the work
• The date of the procedure
• Where on the body the work was done
• A description of the procedure

Yes. A copy of the client's federal or state ID carrying a current photograph and date of birth (driver's license, military ID, state ID or passport) goes in the client record.

"For clients 18 or older, the records must be retained for 3 years; … For inspection purposes, all client records for the past year must be maintained on-site at the facility." — 172 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 44, § 012.03(C)

A license on a phone in Nebraska

Nebraska does not issue a digital license. A license on a phone is not an ID a shop here can rely on.

What we read: Nebraska DMV Driver Licensing Services page and its March 2026 news release on the redesigned card (dmv.nebraska.gov), 2026-09-11: no mobile or digital license offered or mentioned. Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 60-484, 60-4,120, 60-4,122 (nebraskalegislature.gov): electronic RENEWAL and replacement exist; no mobile credential. Apple Wallet, Google Wallet and TSA lists (2026-09-11): Nebraska absent.

On waivers.tattoo: a shop can let its clients choose a saved photo of their ID in Settings. It starts off, and in Nebraska a saved photo is only ever a picture of a card: a copy for your file, never proof of age.

Minors

18+. Minors only with conditions. Get prior written consent from the parent or court-appointed guardian, keep a copy of their photo ID and a birth certificate, adoption record, guardianship record or court document proving the relationship, and have them present during the procedure. Doing it without that consent is a Class III misdemeanor.

"No person shall perform body art on or to any person under eighteen years of age without the prior written consent of the parent or court-appointed guardian of such person." — Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-10,165

On waivers.tattoo: turn on Tattooing under 18 in Settings and a client under 18 gets a parent-or-guardian section — who they are, how they are related, their own signature, and a photo of their ID. The signed waiver prints what Nebraska requires.

Piercing a minor

18+ to sign alone. Minors only with conditions. Prior written consent from the parent or court-appointed guardian, and that adult present during the procedure. The file keeps a copy of their photo ID, the consent form signed by both the adult AND the minor, and a document proving the relationship (birth certificate, adoption record, guardian records or court documents), for 5 years.

Only the EXTERNAL part of the earlobe is excluded; ear cartilage is body piercing and needs the consent.

Class III misdemeanor.

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-10,165; 172 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 44, § 012.03(B) The text

On waivers.tattoo: turn on Piercing under 18 in Settings and a client under 18 gets a parent-or-guardian section — who they are, how they are related, their own signature, and a photo of their ID. The signed waiver prints what Nebraska requires.

What the consent form must say

• For a minor: signatures of both the parent or legal guardian and the client

"Consent form for all persons under 18 years of age, signed by the parent or legal guardian and client" — 172 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 44, § 012.03(B)(ii)

Health history and aftercare

There is no required health-history form, but the client record has to carry any known allergies and any condition that may affect or hamper healing, so you have to ask. Aftercare is handled by posting: the shop must display pamphlets or literature explaining body art aftercare where the public can see them, rather than by handing each client written instructions.

"Pamphlets or literature explaining body art aftercare." — 172 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 44, § 012.01(D)

Texting your clients in Nebraska

8am to 9pm, the client’s local time. Nebraska has no telephone-solicitation or texting rule that goes past federal law, so federal law is the whole of it here. A marketing text to a cell phone needs prior express written consent: a signed agreement that names who may text, says the texts may be automated, and says the person does not have to agree in order to buy anything. A client can take that back any way they like, and you have 10 business days to stop.

No person or entity shall initiate any telephone solicitation to … any residential telephone subscriber before the hour of 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m. (local time at the called party’s location) The text

47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(c)(1), (e). The hours reach a text because the rules set forth in paragraph (c) and (d) of this section are applicable to any person or entity making telephone solicitations or telemarketing calls or text messages to wireless telephone numbers.

What we read in Nebraska: Its telemarketing window, 8am to 9pm at the called person's location, reaches a voice call and not a text. Read Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 86-236 through 86-257 essentially in full at nebraskalegislature.gov, 86-236 (short title), 86-237 (definitions cross-ref), 86-238 (ADAD defined), 86-239, 86-240, 86-241 (established business relationship), 86-242 (telephone solicitation defined), 86-243 (unsolicited advertisement), 86-244 (restrictions incl. the cell-phone/paging ban), 86-245 (junk fax), 86-246, 86-247 (message requirements), 86-248 (hours + internal do-not-call list), 86-249, 86-250 (permit; joint and several liability), 86-251, 86-252, 86-253, 86-254, 86-255, 86-256 (non-solicitation ADAD messages, also 8 a.m.–9 p.m.), 86-257. Also checked § 87-701 (turns out to be the Equipment Business Regulation Act, not the ADAD act, the brief's starting point was wrong) and searched § 87-302 (Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act) for 'text message' / 'electronic mail', nothing. Searched the Nebraska statutes for a text-message or commercial-email solicitation provision, none found.

What to do

• Ask separately. A yes to marketing texts belongs on its own tick, not folded into the box a client has to accept to get tattooed. Keep it with the date and what it said.
• Text between 8am to 9pm, the client’s local time. An area code is not where somebody lives, so when you cannot tell, use the tighter window.
• Honor a STOP that day. Federal law gives you 10 business days. Same-day is the version nobody argues with, and it is what the carriers expect.
• Keep the count low. Nebraska sets no cap and neither does federal law, but a shop that texts a client more than a couple of times a month is teaching them to reply STOP.

Who inspects you

One state office licenses the artist and the facility and does the inspection; there is no county or city body art program layered on top. The rules were rewritten in 2023, folding the old three chapters into one.

Board of Cosmetology, Electrology, Esthetics, Nail Technology and Body Art: body artist and body art facility licensing

An unannounced on-site inspection within 1 year of a completed facility application. The current rule sets no routine cadence after that. The inspection checks compliance with 172 NAC 44-012, which is the records, posted documents, physical structure, equipment and supplies section, so the last year of client records has to be at the shop.

Licensing

Your shop. Yes. A body art facility license from Nebraska DHHS. It expires March 31 of odd-numbered years and cannot be renewed late; an expired shop has to file a whole new application.

Your artists. Yes. Every body artist needs their own DHHS license (172 NAC 44-003), and a photo ID has to be on hand for the inspector to look at.

The licensing page

Using a generic waiver app in Nebraska

A generic waiver app is one form builder for every industry — rafting outfits, gyms, trampoline parks and tattoo shops all start from the same blank template. The tattoo part is yours: you write the questions, you keep them current when the rule changes, and you find out whether you got it right when an inspector reads your file.

In Nebraska that is 1 thing to set up and keep in step yourself:

• An allergies question: medicines, ointments, soaps, latex, anything put on the skin

On waivers.tattoo, a shop in Nebraska gets all of it the day it starts. Your page opens with Nebraska’s questions already on the form, your client signs on their own phone, and the signed waiver prints what they answered.

Nebraska in our state-by-state posts

• Texting your tattoo clients: the hours, the caps, and all 51 state rules
• Can a minor get a tattoo with parental consent? State by state
• Can a minor get a piercing with parental consent? 45 states say yes, each on its own terms
• Do you have to ask health questions before a tattoo? 20 states say yes. Here are the questions.
• Do you have to give tattoo aftercare instructions in writing? 38 states say yes.
• What has to be on a tattoo consent form? 32 states say. Here is every line they name.
• 26 states make you check ID before a tattoo. The other 25 give you a reason to.
• How long do you have to keep tattoo consent forms? Every state, one table