| (a) Cosmetologists and manicurists shall clean their
hands with soap and water or a hand sanitizer prior to performing
any services.
(b) Cosmetologists and manicurists shall clean the
areas of the client's body on which the service is to be administered.
(c) All metal manicure and pedicure tools shall be
properly cleaned, disinfected and sterilized or sanitized prior to
each service, in accordance with this chapter, regardless of the tool's
multiuse for only a single client or for multiple clients.
(d) After each client, the following implements shall
be cleaned, disinfected and sterilized or sanitized in accordance
with the rule: metal pusher and files, cuticle nipper and scissors,
metal tweezers, finger and toe nail clippers, and electric drill bits.
(e) The following implements are single-use items and
shall be discarded after use: orangewood sticks, cotton balls, nail
wipes and disposable towels.
(f) Buffer blocks, porous nail files, pedicure files,
callus rasps, natural pumice and foot brush, arbor, sanding bands,
sleeves, heel and toe pumice, exfoliating block (washable materials)
shall be cleaned by manually brushing or other adequate methods to
remove all visible debris after each use, and then sprayed with an
EPA-registered bactericidal, fungicidal, and virucidal disinfectant,
or a or a high level chlorine bleach solution in accordance with this
chapter. If a buffer block or porous nail file is exposed to broken
skin (skin that is not intact) or unhealthy skin or nails, it must
be discarded immediately after use in a trash receptacle.
(g) The following materials that are used during a
manicure and pedicure shall be replaced with new or clean articles
for each client: terry cloth towels, finger bowls and spatulas that
contact skin or skin products from multi-use containers.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §83.106 adopted to be effective March 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1280; amended to be effective August 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 5952; amended to be effective October 11, 2007, 32 TexReg 7050; amended to be effective February 17, 2012, 37 TexReg 681; amended to be effective January 1, 2016, 40 TexReg 8759 |
