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Health Inspections
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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
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
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.
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