Notification in Accordance with the Health Protection Act
If you operate a business where conditions may affect customers' health, you must notify the municipal health protection authority before starting. This applies to accommodation providers, gyms, saunas, spas, swimming halls, public beaches, daycare centres, educational institutions, social welfare services providing continuous care, reception centres, beauty salons, tattoo studios, and solarium businesses.
The notification must describe your operations, premises and all services offered. Beauty salons at home only need to notify if performing treatments that break the skin, such as microblading. Hairdressing and barbering alone do not require a notification. No notification is needed if the operations already require an environmental permit. The authority may set conditions to prevent health hazards.
Requirements
- Premises: Premises must be suitable for the operations, operations must not cause health hazards to customers
- Inspection: Special attention is paid to ventilation, disinfection of equipment, furniture, accessories and surface materials
- Change notification: Operator must notify of changes in operations or change of operator
- EEA operators: Operators established in another EEA state providing services temporarily in Finland require the same notifications
Procedure
- Notification: Made via the Finnish Food Authority's ilppa electronic service or in writing to the municipal health protection authority
- Information: Contact details, description of location, floor plan and furniture layout, description of operations, other information necessary to prevent health hazards
- Processing: Authority reviews notification, sends acknowledgement letter and inspects operations if necessary