Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 644A - Cosmetology › COSMETOLOGICAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND SCHOOLS OF COSMETOLOGY: CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR PRACTICE › Section 644A.740 - Disinfectants; instruments, implements and other tools; sterilization equipment; disposable articles; single-use items

Current through June 11, 2024
1. In each
			 cosmetological establishment or school of cosmetology:
(a) Disinfectants must be available for
			 immediate use at all times.
(b) All
			 instruments, implements and other nonporous tools must be cleaned and
			 disinfected in the following manner before each use:
(1) All hair and other adherent foreign
			 material must be removed from the instrument, implement or other tool;
			 and
(2) The instrument, implement
			 or other tool must be:
(I) Thoroughly washed
			 with soap and hot water;
(II)
			 Rinsed in clear hot water;
(III)
			 Thoroughly dried; and
(IV) Placed
			 with a disinfectant that is registered with the United States Environmental
			 Protection Agency in a covered container which is large enough for complete
			 immersion of the instrument, implement or other tool, and which contains a
			 disinfectant other than alcohol which is prepared and used as instructed on the
			 manufacturer's label, including, without limitation, following safety
			 precautions, requirements for dilution and contact time and requirements for
			 proper disposal.
Disinfectant solutions must be legibly labeled with the name
				of the disinfectant and the dilution of the disinfectant. Disinfectant
				solutions must be made daily and disposed of at the end of the day or
				immediately if visible debris is present. If concentrated disinfectants must be
				diluted with water, measuring devices must be readily available and used to
				ensure an effective solution is made. A concentrated disinfectant not in the
				original container must be legibly labeled with the name of the disinfectant
				and use instructions if the original container with instructions is not
				available.
(c) All disinfected instruments, implements
			 and other tools that are not in use and not in the process of disinfection must
			 be stored in a clean, dry, closed container, drawer or storage unit that
			 contains only disinfected instruments, implements and other tools.
(d) Any instrument, implement or other tool
			 dropped on the floor or otherwise made unsanitary by use or other contamination
			 must be deposited in a separate labeled container for soiled articles only and
			 must not be used until it has been thoroughly disinfected as specified in
			 paragraph (b). An original container for the disinfectant used that includes
			 the manufacturer's label must be available at all times in the cosmetological
			 establishment or school of cosmetology.
(e) All electrolysis instruments and all
			 applicable advanced esthetic instruments which are not disposed of after use
			 must be cleaned in the following manner after each use:
(1) All foreign matter must be removed from
			 the instrument; and
(2) The
			 instrument must be:
(I) Washed in soap and
			 hot water; and
(II) Rinsed in hot
			 water.
(f)
			 After cleaning, all electrolysis instruments must be sterilized by one of the
			 following methods:
(1) Use of a steam
			 sterilizer; or
(2) Use of a dry
			 sterilizer, which is registered and listed with the United States Food and Drug
			 Administration, and is used according to the manufacturer's
			 instructions.
(g)
			 Sterilization equipment must be checked daily to ensure that it is reaching the
			 temperature required by the manufacturer's instructions.
(h) All sterilized instruments and sanitary
			 disposable articles must be stored in clean, closed containers, drawers or
			 storage units which must be free of other articles.
(i) Single-use items must not be used on more
			 than one client and must be disposed of after use on a client.
(j) All single-use items and other items that
			 cannot be disinfected must be stored in closed containers at all times while
			 not in use.