Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 41 - BOARD FOR BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGY › Chapter 50 - TATTOOING REGULATIONS › Part VIII - Standards of Practice › Section 18VAC41-50-390 - Physical facilities

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. A parlor or
				  salon must be in a permanent building or portion of a building, which must be
				  in a location permissible under local zoning codes, if any. If applicable, the
				  parlor or salon shall be separated from any living quarters by complete floor
				  to ceiling partitioning and shall contain no access to living
				  quarters.
B. The parlor, salon, or
				  temporary location shall be maintained in a clean and orderly manner.
C. All facilities shall have a blood spill
				  clean-up kit in the work area.
D.
				  Work surfaces shall be cleaned with a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
				  (EPA) registered, hospital grade disinfectant. Surfaces that come in contact
				  with blood or other body fluids shall be immediately disinfected with an EPA
				  registered germicide solution. Appropriate personal protective equipment shall
				  be worn during cleaning and disinfecting procedures.
E. Cabinets for the storage of instruments,
				  pigments, single-use articles, stencils and other utensils shall be provided
				  for each operator and shall be maintained in a sanitary manner.
F. Bulk single-use articles shall be
				  commercially packaged and handled in such a way as to protect them from
				  contamination.
G. All materials
				  applied to the human skin shall be from single-use articles or transferred from
				  bulk containers to single-use containers and shall be disposed of after each
				  use.
H. The walls, ceilings, and
				  floors shall be kept in good repair. The tattooing area shall be constructed of
				  smooth, hard surfaces that are nonporous, free of open holes or cracks, light
				  colored, and easily cleaned. New parlors shall not include any dark-colored
				  surfaces in the tattooing area. Existing parlors or salons with dark-colored
				  surfaces in the tattooing area shall replace the dark-colored surfaces with
				  light-colored surfaces whenever the facilities are extensively remodeled or
				  upon relocation of the business.
I.
				  Parlors, salons, or temporary locations shall have adequate lighting of at
				  least 50-foot candles of illumination in the tattooing and sterilization
				  areas.
J. Adequate mechanical
				  ventilation shall be provided in the parlor.
K. Each parlor, salon, or temporary location
				  shall be equipped with hand-cleaning facilities for its personnel with
				  unobstructed access to the tattooing area such that the tattooer can return to
				  the area without having to touch anything with the tattooer's hands.
				  Hand-cleaning facilities shall be equipped either with hot and cold or tempered
				  running water under pressure and liquid germicidal soap or with a sanitizing
				  solution to clean hands. Hand-cleaning facilities shall be equipped with
				  single-use towels or mechanical hand drying devices and a covered refuse
				  container. Such facilities shall be kept clean and in good repair. All
				  facilities must have running water and soap accessible for cleaning of hands
				  contaminated by body fluids.
L.
				  Animals are not permitted in the parlor, salon, or temporary location except
				  for guide or service animals accompanying persons with disabilities, or
				  nonmammalian animals in enclosed glass containers such as fish aquariums, which
				  shall be outside of the tattooing or sterilization areas. No animals are
				  allowed in the tattooing or sterilization areas.
M. Use of tobacco products and consumption of
				  alcoholic beverages shall be prohibited in the tattooing or sterilization
				  areas.
N. No food or drink will be
				  stored or consumed in the tattooing or sterilization areas except for client's
				  use in order to sustain optimal physical condition; such food and drink must be
				  individually packaged.
O. If
				  tattooing is performed where cosmetology services are provided, it shall be
				  performed in an area that is separate and enclosed.
P. All steam sterilizers shall be biological
				  spore tested at least monthly.
Q.
				  Biological spore tests shall be verified through an independent
				  laboratory.
R. Biological spore
				  test records shall be retained for a period of three years and made available
				  upon request.
S. Steam sterilizers
				  shall be used only for instruments used by the parlor's employees.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-201 of the Code of
						Virginia.