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Indiana Administrative Code (Last Updated: December 20, 2016) |
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Title 820. STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY AND BARBER EXAMINERS |
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Article 820IAC3. SANITARY AND EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS |
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Rule 820IAC3-2. Sanitary and Equipment Requirements for Esthetic Salons and Cosmetology Schools Teaching Esthetics |
Section 820IAC3-2-9. Esthetics; cleanliness
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(a) All instruments, including:
(1) forceps;
(2) comedone extractors;
(3) tweezers;
(4) brushes; and
(5) facial rollers;
used by an esthetician, or esthetics student in a cosmetology school, shall be sterilized prior to use on a customer.
(b) Sterilization required under subsection (a) shall be as follows:
(1) Instruments shall be:
(A) washed in a low residue detergent and rinsed prior to sterilization; and
(B) disinfected using an EPA registered bactericide, viricide, and fungicide disinfectant, used according to manufacturer's instructions.
(2) High frequency wands shall be cleaned using an EPA registered bactericide, viricide, and fungicide disinfectant, used according to manufacturer's instructions.
(3) Forceps, tweezers, and comedone extractors shall be sterilized using a steam autoclave or a dry heat sterilizer.
(4) All instruments, other than those instruments under subdivision (3), shall be sterilized or disinfected by means of:
(A) an EPA registered bactericide, viricide, and fungicide disinfectant;
(B) a steam autoclave using fifteen (15) pounds of pressure for thirty (30) minutes at two hundred fifty (250) degrees Fahrenheit or follow manufacturer's instructions; or
(C) a dry heat sterilizer.
(5) Sterilization shall be accomplished by placing instruments in one (1) or both of the following:
(A) A steam autoclave sterilizer in which the instruments are subjected to saturated steam of the pressure of fifteen (15) pounds per square inch for thirty (30) minutes at two hundred fifty (250) degrees Fahrenheit.
(B) A dry heat sterilizer in which instruments are heated for two (2) hours at three hundred forty (340) degrees Fahrenheit.
(c) An esthetician, or esthetics student in a cosmetology school, shall do the following:
(1) Wash his or her hands in fresh water with germicidal soap (antimicrobiotic) immediately before serving each customer.
(2) When extracting blackheads, milia, or comedones, wear protective gloves, which must be disposed of after providing the service to a customer.
(3) When waxing, wear protective gloves, which must be disposed of after providing the service to a customer, and use a new applicator for each application of wax.
(d) The chair and table where a customer is receiving esthetician services shall have clean coverings.
(e) There shall be a secured draping between the esthetician or esthetics student in a cosmetology school and the customer during an esthetics session.
(f) All disposable items, including:
(1) cotton swabs;
(2) tissues;
(3) tongue depressors;
(4) spatulas;
(5) cellulose sponges;
(6) plastic or saran wraps; and
(7) gauze;
used by an esthetician or esthetics student in a cosmetology school shall be disposed of after serving a customer.
(g) An esthetician or an esthetics student in a cosmetology school shall dispense all products in a sanitary manner using:
(1) spatulas;
(2) pumps; or
(3) other sanitary devices.
(h) Lancets used by an esthetician or an esthetics student in a cosmetology school shall be disposed of in a lancet safety device (waste container) after serving a customer. (State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners; 820 IAC 3-2-9; filed Dec 3, 1991, 11:00 a.m.: 15 IR 567; filed May 4, 2001, 11:16 a.m.: 24 IR 2684; readopted filed May 22, 2001, 9:56 a.m.: 24 IR 3236; readopted filed Jul 19, 2007, 1:01 p.m.: 20070808-IR-820070046RFA; filed Feb 12, 2010, 2:58 p.m.: 20100310-IR-820080935FRA; errata filed Apr 22, 2010, 12:08 p.m.: 20100505-IR-820080935ACA; readopted filed Nov 25, 2013, 9:22 a.m.: 20131225-IR-820130286RFA)