Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 4 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION › Chapter 83 - BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS › Section 83.102 - Health and Safety Standards-General Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) All
				practitioners must clean their hands with soap and water or use a hand
				sanitizer prior to performing any services and as necessary during the service
				to ensure a client health and safety. All establishments, schools, and
				practitioners must utilize clean and disinfected equipment, tools, implements,
				and supplies in accordance with this chapter, and must employ good hygiene
				habits while providing barbering or cosmetology services.
(b) A practitioner may not perform services
				on a client if the practitioner has reason to believe the client has a
				contagious condition such as head lice, nits, ringworm, conjunctivitis; or
				inflamed, infected, broken, raised or swollen skin or nail tissue; or an open
				wound or sore in the area to be serviced.
(c) Multi-use equipment, implements, tools or
				materials not addressed in this chapter must be cleaned and disinfected before
				use on each client. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, chairs and
				dryers do not need to be disinfected prior to use for each client.
(d) Single-use equipment, implements, tools
				or porous items not addressed in this rule must be discarded after use on a
				single client.
(e) Electrical
				equipment that cannot be immersed in liquid must be wiped clean and disinfected
				prior to each use on a client.
(f)
				All clean and disinfected implements and materials when not in use must be
				stored in a clean, dry, debris-free environment including but not limited to
				drawers, cases, tool belts, rolling trays, or hung from hooks. They must be
				stored separate from soiled implements and materials. Ultraviolet electrical
				sanitizers are permissible for use as a dry storage container. Supplies not
				related to barbering or cosmetology must be stored in separate drawers or
				locations.
(g) Shampoo bowls and
				manicure tables must be disinfected prior to use for each client.
(h) A container, large enough to fully
				immerse all tools and implements with liquid disinfectant must be used to
				disinfect combs, brushes, scissors or other equipment which may be safely
				immersed in a liquid disinfectant.
(i) Floors in establishments and schools must
				be thoroughly cleaned each day. Hair cuttings must be removed as soon as
				practicable.
(j) All trash
				containers must be emptied daily and kept clean by washing or using plastic
				liners.
(k) Hand washing
				facilities, including hot and cold running water must be provided for
				employees.
(l) Clean towels must be
				used on each client. Towels must be washed in hot water and chlorine
				bleach.
(m) Soiled towels must be
				removed after use on each client and deposited in a suitable
				receptacle.
(n) Each establishment
				and school must keep all products used in the conduct of their business
				properly labeled in compliance with OSHA requirements.
(o) Hair cutting and shampoo capes must be
				kept clean. A clean (one-use) cape must be used for each client or a sanitary
				neck strip or towel must be used to keep the capes from coming into direct
				contact with the client's neck.