Section 644A.730 - Headrests; shampoo bowls; towels and linens; neck strips; treatment tables; disposal of certain instruments and supplies; brushesIn 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 United States 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. All towels must be washed with detergent on the hot wash cycle and dried until hot to the touch after each use. After being washed, towels must be kept in closed, dust-free cabinets.4. Sanitary neck strips or towels must be used between the neck of the client and the cape to prevent all coverings from coming into direct contact with the client. Proper draping of towels must be used for all services, except that single-use paper neck strips made specifically for such use may be used for dry services.5. Treatment tables must be disinfected after each use with a disinfectant.6. All single-use 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. All instruments, implements and other nonporous tools, including, without limitation, combs and brushes, used on a client must be maintained in a clean and disinfected condition.Nev. Admin. Code § 644A.730
[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; R064-15, 12-21-2015) - (Substituted in revision for NAC 644.335); A by R182-22A, eff. 1/5/2024NRS 644A.275, as amended by section 18 of Senate Bill No. 249, chapter 165, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 878, and NRS 644A.280, as amended by section 19 of Senate Bill No. 249, chapter 165, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 878