NAC644.335. Headrests; shampoo bowls; towels and linens; neck strips; treatment tables; disposal of certain instruments and supplies; brushes.

In each cosmetological establishment or school of cosmetology:

     1. The headrest of each chair must be covered with a clean towel or paper sheet for each client.

     2. The part of a shampoo bowl on which a client’s neck rests must be covered with a clean towel during each shampoo. The bowls must be carefully washed and be disinfected with a disinfectant that is registered with the Environmental Protection Agency, and all loose hair must be removed from the drains after each use.

     3. After a towel or linen has been used once, it must be deposited in a receptacle provided for soiled towels and linens, must not be stored in any restroom, and must not be used again until properly laundered and sanitized. All towels, after being laundered and sanitized, must be kept in closed, dust-free cabinets that have fumigants.

     4. Sanitary neck strips or towels must be wrapped around the neck of the client to prevent all coverings from coming into direct contact with the client. Proper draping of towels must be used for all services, except that sanex strips may be used for dry services.

     5. Treatment tables must be sanitized after each use with a sanitizing solution acceptable to the Board.

     6. All instruments and supplies, including, without limitation, neck strips, nail files and buffers, that come into direct contact with a client and cannot subsequently be disinfected must be disposed of in a waste receptacle immediately following their use.

     7. Neck dusters and all other brushes used on a client must be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.

     [Bd. of Cosmetology, Nos. 14.8, 14.11 & 14.15, eff. 12-3-80]—(NAC A 10-16-87; 5-15-92; R099-97, 2-25-98; R029-02, 7-19-2002)