Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 23 - Hair and Body Art Schools and Shops › Article 3 - Body Piercing, Tattooing, or Permanent Cosmetic Coloring Shops › 18 AAC 23.320 - Premises

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to the requirements under
				18 AAC 23.040, the owner or
				operator of a shop described in
				18 AAC 23.300(a)
				shall
(1) provide an artificial light source
				equivalent to at least 100 footcandles measured at the task level where a
				procedure is performed and where instruments and sharps are
				assembled;
(2) completely separate
				the shop by a solid partition, walls extending from floor to ceiling, or a
				solid, self-closing door from
(A) any room
				used for human habitation or a room where food is prepared;
(B) a school or shop where barbering,
				hairdressing, manicuring, or esthetics is practiced; or
(C) retail sales or similar activity that may
				cause potential contamination of procedure surfaces, except that retail sales
				that are related to the shop may be separated from the procedure area by space
				sufficient to prevent contamination of procedure surfaces;
(3) provide an area that may be screened from
				the public view for clients requesting privacy; at a minimum, each body
				piercing, tattooing, or permanent cosmetic coloring station must be separated
				from another station by a divider or partition at least six feet high; if a
				cloth drape is used as a divider or partition, that drape must be kept clean;
				if a solid divider or partition is used, it must be smooth, easily cleanable,
				and kept clean;
(4) provide a
				worktable appropriate for each procedure area that is adequate for each type of
				procedure performed, smooth and easily cleanable, and kept clean;
(5) provide an area separate from the
				procedure area for the sterilization of instruments;
(6) provide a separate, readily accessible
				handsink for the exclusive use of the practitioners for handwashing and for
				preparing each client for the body piercing, tattooing, or permanent cosmetic
				coloring procedure; for a shop constructed or extensively remodeled after
				December 1, 2002, the handsink must be equipped with wrist-, knee-, or
				foot-operated controls;
(7) equip
				the shop with sterilizing equipment appropriate to support shop activities in
				accordance with
				18 AAC 23.050;
(8) provide closed storage cabinets for the
				exclusive storage of instruments, colorants, pigments, carbon, and stencils
				used in the shop for each procedure area;
(9) post "no smoking" signs in the procedure
				area that comply with AS l8.35.330(c);
(10) post a sign in a conspicuous location at
				the main entrance of the shop that states, "A complaint about the sanitation of
				this shop or the sanitation practices of a practitioner in this shop may be
				filed with the Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of
				Environmental Health, 555 Cordova St., Anchorage, AK 99501 or by phone at (907)
				269-7501.";
(11) keep a copy of
				this chapter on the premises of the school or shop and make this chapter
				available to each employee, each practitioner, and the public upon request;
				and
(12) provide an instrument
				cleaning sink for cleaning instruments and a utility sink for mopping and
				general cleaning that are separate from the procedure area and from each other
				and used only for their intended purpose.