Required State License(s):

No state license is required.

Other Possible License(s): Some counties regulate different types of businesses; contact your local county/city clerks office and inquire about a permit or license for this type of business.

Contact the Department of Environmental Quality at (800) 662-9278 for environmental information.

If water and soap is discharged into the sewer system, contact the local waste water treatment plant for a permit/license.

When discharging soaps, chemicals in the ground water (septic tanks) or into surface water, contact the Department of Environmental Quality at (800) 662-9278 for further information.

If the business will give flea baths or treatments, they probably will need to have a 7G. DOMESTIC ANIMAL PEST MANAGEMENT license from Department of Agriculture under Part 83 Pesticide Control of Act 451, depending on the type of product they use. Call the MDA Pesticide & Plant Pest Management Division at 517-373-1087 or go to http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1569_16988_35288-11982--,00.html for application and more information.

Revised: 01/04/2006