Washington Administrative Code › Title 308 - Licensing, Department of (See also Titles 36, 98 and 196) › Chapter 308-20 - Cosmetology-Barber-Manicurist-Esthetician rules › Section 308-20-110 - Minimum safety and sanitation standards for schools, cosmetologists, hair designers, manicurists, estheticians, master estheticians, barbers, instructors, salons/shops, mobile units and personal services

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Every licensee shall maintain the following safety and
				sanitation standards. In addition, school instructors and apprentice trainers
				must assure persons training in a school or apprentice salon/shop will adhere
				to the following safety, sanitation and disinfection standards:
(1)
Requirements and standards.
(a) All locations where chemical services are
			 provided to clients must have a dispensing sink with hot and cold running
			 water. Dispensing sinks are used for mixing chemicals, and disinfecting
			 supplies, tools, equipment, and other materials. Dispensing sinks must be
			 labeled "not for public use."
(b)
			 On-site laundry facilities must be maintained in clean condition.
(c) Single-use hand soap and disposable or
			 single-use hand-drying towels for customers must be provided.
(d) Use of bar soap or a common towel is
			 prohibited.
(e) A licensee must not
			 perform or continue services on a client with visible open sores, inflamed
			 skin, rash, or parasitic infestations.
(f) No licensee who knowingly has open sores,
			 or who is exhibiting symptoms of an infectious or contagious disease or a
			 disorder of the skin or a parasitic infestation shall provide services in
			 cosmetology, hair design, manicuring, barbering, esthetics, or master esthetics
			 while the licensee has the above mentioned symptoms.
If a licensee or a client has exhibited the symptoms mentioned
				in (e) and (f) of this subsection, the area in which the affected individual
				received or provided services, and all equipment and implements that could have
				possibly been touched by that individual shall be cleaned and disinfected,
				including the work and waiting areas.
(g) All liquids, creams, and other cosmetic
			 preparations including paraffin wax and depilatory wax must be kept in clean
			 and closed containers.
(h) All
			 bottles and containers must be distinctly and correctly labeled to disclose
			 their contents. All bottles and containers containing poisonous substances must
			 be additionally and distinctly marked as such.
(i) Items subject to possible cross
			 contamination such as liquids, creams and lotions, cosmetic preparations and
			 chemicals including paraffin wax and depilatory wax must be dispensed in a way
			 that does not contaminate the remaining portion by using a disposable, or
			 cleaned and disinfected applicator. Applicators shall not be redipped in
			 product. Liquids must be dispensed with a squeeze bottle, pump, or spray. Any
			 product that cannot be disinfected that comes in contact with the client shall
			 be discarded after use on that particular client.
(j) Pencil cosmetics must be sharpened before
			 each use. Clean and disinfect or dispose of the sharpener after service on each
			 client.
(k) A licensee must
			 thoroughly wash his or her hands with soap and warm water or any equally
			 effective cleansing agent immediately before providing services to each client,
			 before checking a student's work on a client, or after smoking, eating, or
			 using the restroom.
(l) A client's
			 skin upon which services will be performed must be washed with soap and warm
			 water or wiped and/or sprayed with antiseptic or waterless hand cleanser
			 approved for use on skin before a service.
(m) After service on each client, hair and
			 nail clippings must immediately be placed in a closed covered waste
			 container.