No person shall smoke, or otherwise use any form of tobacco,
eat or drink at or in a workstation, instrument storage area or cleaning
area. Only in the case of medical need may fluids be consumed by a
client.
Except as set forth in these regulations, no operator, body
art practitioner or other person shall commit or permit any act that
may expose any client or person to disease or illness or otherwise
contaminate any instrument or area in a body art establishment.
Every area of a body art establishment shall be kept in good
repair, clean and free of all vermin and maintained so as to prevent
contamination of clients and other persons.
Every toilet room, all plumbing and all plumbing fixtures shall
be kept clean, fully operative, and in good repair.
All instruments must be stored in the instrument storage area
in a manner so as to prevent contamination. Identical instruments
shall be exclusively stored together, unless intermingled storage
with different instruments does not represent a hazard as determined
by the Department.
All germicides, disinfectants, chemicals, and cleansers must
be used according to the manufacturer's requirements, used only for
the purpose approved and intended by the manufacturer and properly
labeled and stored so as to prevent contamination and hazard.
All storage containers, cabinets, shelves and other storage
areas in the instrument storage area shall be properly labeled as
to their contents, including but not limited to identification of
contaminated or soiled contents as appropriate.