2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368e - Municipal Health Authorities › Section 19a-231. - Inspection of salons. Guidelines re inspection standards. Infection prevention and control plan guidelines. Fee.

(a) As used in this section, “salon” includes any shop, store, day spa or other commercial establishment at which the practice of barbering, as described in section 20-234, hairdressing and cosmetology, as defined in section 20-250, or the services of a nail technician, an esthetician or an eyelash technician, as such terms are defined in section 20-265a, or any combination thereof, is offered and provided.
(b) Not later than October 1, 2019, the Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the local directors of health of the state, shall establish a standardized inspection form and guidelines concerning standards for the inspection of the sanitary condition of a salon. Such guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) The use of personal protective equipment, including, but not limited to, disposable gloves as a barrier against infectious materials; (2) the immediate disposal after use in a covered waste receptacle of all articles that came into direct contact with the customer's skin, nails or hair that cannot be effectively cleaned or sanitized; (3) the proper cleaning and sanitizing of bowls used for soaking fingers; (4) the use of hospital-grade cleaner to clean the area and materials used in the practice of hairdressing, cosmetology and by nail technicians, estheticians and eyelash technicians, including, but not limited to, chairs, armrests, tables, countertops, trays, seats and soaking tubs for both hands and feet; and (5) the required availability of handwashing sinks in an area where the hairdresser, cosmetologist or nail technician is working. The department shall post such standardized inspection form and guidelines on the department's Internet web site.
(c) The director of health for any town, city, borough or district department of health, or the director's authorized representative, shall, on an annual basis, inspect all salons within the director's jurisdiction regarding their sanitary condition and on and after the adoption of standards under subsection (b) of this section, such inspection shall be in accordance with such standards. The director of health, or the director's authorized representative, shall have full power to enter and inspect any such salon during usual business hours. If any salon, upon such inspection, is found to be in an unsanitary condition, the director of health shall issue a written order that such salon correct any inspection violations identified by the director of health or the director's authorized representative.
(d) Not later than October 1, 2019, the Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee, in collaboration with the local directors of health of the state, shall establish infection prevention and control plan guidelines for licensed nail technicians, eyelash technicians or estheticians, which shall be posted on the department's Internet web site.
(e) The director of health may collect from the operator of any such salon a reasonable fee, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars, for the cost of conducting any annual inspection of such salon pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding any municipal charter, home rule ordinance or special act, any fee collected by the director of health pursuant to this section shall be used by the town, city, borough or district department of health for conducting inspections pursuant to this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 44; P.A. 19-117, S. 196.)
History: P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a) by redefining “salon”, deleting Subdiv. (2) defining “nail technician”, and deleting Subdiv. (1) designator, added Subsec. (b) re standardized inspection form and guidelines, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and amended same by adding provision re inspection to be in accordance with standards adopted, replacing “make” with “issue a”, and replacing provision re order that salon be placed in sanitary condition with provision re order that salon correct inspection violations, added Subsec. (d) re establishment of infection prevention and control plan guidelines for nail technicians, eyelash technicians or estheticians, designated existing provisions re collection of fee and amended same to replace maximum fee of $100 with provision re maximum fee of $250, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2019.