Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 41 - BOARD FOR BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGY › Chapter 60 - BODY-PIERCING REGULATIONS › Part VI - Standards of Practice › Section 18VAC41-60-190 - Physical facilities

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. A
				  body-piercing salon or body-piercing ear only salon must be in a permanent
				  building, which must be in a location permissible under local zoning codes, if
				  any. If applicable, the body-piercing salon or body-piercing ear only salon
				  shall be separated from any living quarters by complete floor to ceiling
				  partitioning and shall contain no access to living quarters.
B. The body-piercing salon, body-piercing ear
				  only salon, or temporary location shall be maintained in a clean and orderly
				  manner.
C. A body-piercing salon,
				  body-piercing ear only salon, or temporary location shall have a blood spill
				  clean-up kit in the work area.
D.
				  Work surfaces in a body-piercing salon, body-piercing ear only salon, or
				  temporary location 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. In a body-piercing salon, body-piercing
				  ear only salon, or temporary location, cabinets or containers for the storage
				  of instruments, single-use articles, and other utensils shall be provided for
				  each operator and shall be maintained in a sanitary manner.
F. In a body-piercing salon, body-piercing
				  ear only salon, or temporary location, bulk single-use articles shall be
				  commercially packaged and handled in such a way as to protect the articles from
				  contamination.
G. In a
				  body-piercing salon, body-piercing ear only salon, or temporary location, 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. In a
				  body-piercing salon or body-piercing ear only salon, the walls, ceilings, and
				  floors shall be kept in good repair. The body-piercing area shall be
				  constructed of smooth, hard, surfaces that are nonporous, free of open holes or
				  cracks, light colored, and easily cleaned. New physical facilities shall not
				  include any dark-colored surfaces in the body-piercing area. Existing physical
				  facilities with dark-colored surfaces in the body-piercing area shall replace
				  the dark-colored surfaces with light-colored surfaces whenever the facilities
				  are extensively remodeled or upon relocation of the business entity.
I. A body-piercing salon, body-piercing ear
				  only salon, or temporary location shall have adequate lighting of at least 50
				  foot-candles of illumination in the body-piercing and sterilization
				  areas.
J. In a body-piercing salon,
				  body-piercing ear only salon, or temporary location, adequate mechanical
				  ventilation shall be provided.
K. A
				  body-piercing salon, body-piercing ear only salon, or temporary location shall
				  be equipped with hand-cleaning facilities for its personnel with unobstructed
				  access to the body-piercing area or body-piercing ear only area such that the
				  body piercer or body piercer ear only can return to the area without having to
				  touch anything with his 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
				  body-piercing salon, body-piercing ear only 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 body-piercing area or sterilization area. No animals
				  are allowed in the body-piercing area, body-piercing ear only area, or
				  sterilization area.
M. In a
				  body-piercing salon, body-piercing ear only salon, or temporary location, the
				  use of tobacco products and consumption of alcoholic beverages shall be
				  prohibited in the body-piercing area, body-piercing ear only area, or
				  sterilization area.
N. In a
				  body-piercing salon, body-piercing ear only salon, or temporary location, no
				  food or drink will be stored or consumed in the body-piercing area,
				  body-piercing ear only area, or sterilization area.
O. In a body-piercing salon, body-piercing
				  ear only salon, or temporary location, if body-piercing or body-piercing ear
				  only 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 salon's employees.
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-201 of the Code of
						Virginia.