NAC640C.200. Required facilities; sanitary and safety requirements.

     1. A massage establishment that provides vapor baths, steam baths or portable saunas must be equipped with adequate shower facilities.

     2. A massage therapist shall ensure that:

     (a) All portable saunas, showers, tubs, basins, massage or steam tables, combs, brushes, shower caps and any other equipment used in the massage establishment is cleaned and rendered free from harmful organisms by the application of a bactericidal agent;

     (b) Any equipment that comes in contact with a client of the massage therapist is cleaned with soap or detergent and hot water and is sanitized before the equipment is used on another client;

     (c) All equipment, furniture and fixtures, including, without limitation, tables used for massage, are clean and well maintained;

     (d) All electrical equipment used for the care of a client is clean and well maintained and is listed to applicable standards and requirements by Underwriters Laboratories Inc., or approved by another nationally recognized testing laboratory; and

     (e) All hydrotherapy equipment is cleaned after each use, is well maintained and is only used in the manner prescribed by the manufacturer of the equipment.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Massage Therapists by R009-07, eff. 6-17-2008)