Health Inspections

Before you open your business, make sure you have the required health inspections.

Beauty and body art

• Check requirements for beauty and body art, such as tattoo studios, nail salons, spas, piercing, acupuncture, electrolysis.

• Apply for a business license and get an inspection

Child care centres

• Check requirements for child care centres

Food premises and restaurants

• Apply for a business license and get an inspection for your food premise before it opens
• Train supervisory staff at your food premise in safe food handling practices
• Check to make sure you meet the requirements for building or renovating a food premise or restaurant
• Check requirements for Food Trucks

Group homes, lodging homes and funeral homes

• Book an inspection for your group home or funeral home by calling Public Health at 905-546-2489.
• Apply for a business license and get an inspection for your lodging home.

Public places and workplaces

• Check requirements for no-smoking signs

Residential care facilities

• Apply for a business license and get an inspection for your residential care facility
• Check requirements for operating a residential care facility

Stores that sell tobacco

• Apply for a business license and get an inspection

Facilities with swimming pools, spas and hot tubs

• Book an inspection for your swimming pool, hot tub or spa before it opens. They must be inspected and approved by Public Health.
• Check to make sure you meet the requirements for building a public swimming pool or spa.

Facilities with cooling towers

• Book an inspection for your cooling tower, as required by the Cooling Tower By-law, before it is operational. Cooling towers must be inspected and approved by Public Health.
• Register your Cooling Tower with the City of Hamilton.