Mich. Admin. Code R. 339.6039 - Blood spill procedures

Rule 39.

(1) A licensee, barbershop owner, instructor, student, apprentice, or barber school owner shall comply with all of the following provisions if a blood spill occurs:

(a) Temporarily suspend the service being performed.

(b) Provide the patron or other individual who is bleeding with adequate first aid supplies so that the bleeding can be stopped and the wound covered.

(c) Sterilize any equipment, implements, or tools that have come into contact with the blood spill.

(d) Immediately discard porous materials that have come into contact with the blood spill.

(e) Immediately clean surfaces soiled with blood and dispose of all blood-soiled waste in compliance with the current standards established by the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

(2) A licensee, student, apprentice, or instructor shall not perform services or demonstrations until all bleeding has ceased and all wounds have been covered. A licensee, student, apprentice, or instructor shall keep an open sore, cut, burn, or other injury on patrons or on themselves covered at all times when performing a service or demonstration.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 339.6039

2003 AACS; 2023 MR 19, Eff. 10/2/2023