16 Tex. Admin. Code § 83.103 - Health and Safety Standards-Hair Cutting, Styling, Shaving, and Treatment Services
(a) Practitioners
must wash their hands with soap and water, or use a liquid hand sanitizer,
prior to performing any services on a client.
(b) All equipment, implements, tools and
materials must be properly cleaned and disinfected in accordance with this rule
prior to servicing each client.
(c)
After each client, all non-single-use implements must be wiped with a clean
paper or fabric towel and sprayed with either an EPA-registered bactericidal,
fungicidal, and virucidal disinfectant, or a high-level disinfectant chlorine
bleach solution. Equipment, implements, tools and materials to be cleaned and
disinfected include but are not limited to combs and picks, haircutting shears,
thinning shears/texturizers, razors, safety razors, edgers, guards, clippers,
and perm rods.
(d) At the end of
each day of use, the above items, along with any other tools, such as
sectioning clips, brushes, combs and picks must be cleaned by manually
scrubbing with soap and water or adequate methods, and then disinfected by one
of the following methods:
(1) Complete
immersion in an EPA-registered bactericidal, fungicidal, and virucidal
disinfectant in accordance with manufacturer's instructions; or
(2) Complete immersion in a high-level
disinfectant chlorine bleach solution.
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