16 Tex. Admin. Code § 83.105 - Health and Safety Standards-Temporary Hair Removal 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) Practitioners must clean the areas of the client's body on which the service is to be administered.

(c) Practitioners performing temporary hair removal services involving the use of wax, depilatories, preparations or tweezing techniques must dispose of after each use all products or single use items that have been in contact with a client's skin.

(d) All wax pots must be cleaned and disinfected in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations. No applicators may be left standing in the wax at any time and wax may not be reused under any circumstances.

(e) All multi-use items must be properly cleaned, disinfected and sterilized or sanitized prior to each service, in accordance with this chapter.

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16 Tex. Admin. Code § 83.105

The provisions of this §83.105 adopted to be effective March 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1280; amended to be effective February 17, 2012, 37 TexReg 681; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 01, January 5, 2018, TexReg 0083, eff. 1/15/2018; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 51, December 23, 2022, TexReg 8654, eff. 1/1/2023