Every person operating or conducting a barbershop
or beauty parlor in the Borough and every person employed therein
shall at all times comply with the following requirements:
A.
All barbershops and beauty parlors shall be well lighted
and ventilated, and all furniture, equipment, tools and utensils therein
and the floors, walls and ceilings thereof shall at all times be kept
clean.
B.
It shall be unlawful to own, manage, operate or control
any barbershop or beauty parlor, except under the following conditions:
(1)
There shall be readily available at such shops an
adequate supply of hot and cold water and, where a public water supply
under pressure and a sewerage system is available, there shall be
provided in such shop a supply of hot and cold running water under
pressure. A barbershop or beauty parlor owner shall provide at least
one washbasin. The washbasin shall be so situated that the same is
readily accessible to the operator of each barber chair.
(2)
No towel shall be used on any patron which has been
used upon another patron unless such towel shall have been relaundered
and thoroughly dried, and no towel shall be used on any patron which
has been placed in a steamer or sterilizer.
(3)
The headrest of a barber or beauty parlor chair shall
be covered with a clean covering, such as a towel or paper, before
used on any patron. Headrests shall not be placed on the floor at
any time.
(4)
There shall be placed about the neck of each patron
served a clean towel or other clean material to prevent the haircloth
from touching the skin of the patron.
(5)
Any tool or part thereof which comes into contact
with the head, face or neck of the patron, such as razors, scissors,
tweezers, combs and parts of vibrators, shall be immersed in boiling
water or in alcohol of a strength of 70% or higher or treated by some
other equally effective method before being used on each patron. All
tools or instruments when not in use shall be kept in a closed compartment
and shall be disinfected before being used on a patron.
(6)
Any shaving mug and shaving brush shall be thoroughly
rinsed in hot water immediately before use in serving a patron.
(7)
At least two receptacles for soiled towels and waste
shall be provided. Only used towels shall be deposited in one and
wastes, such as used shaving paper, shall be deposited in the other.
All towels used on each patron must be deposited in an enclosed towel
receptacle. All laundered linen must be kept in a closed compartment
at all times.
(8)
No styptic pencil, finger bowl, sponge, lump alum
or powder puff shall be used except of the individual applicator type.
(9)
No room used as a barbershop or beauty parlor shall
be used as a sleeping room and shall not be located in any sleeping
room, feed store, restaurant or lunchroom unless separated therefrom
by a substantial partition extending from floor to ceiling.
(10)
There shall be a sterilizer solution container
for each chair adequate in size to immerse all instruments, tools
and combs to be used on each patron. Such containers shall be kept
filled at all times and shall be completely emptied and cleaned and
refilled with prescribed solutions at least once each week.
(11)
The use of cuspidors in a barbershop is prohibited.
(12)
Each new barbershop or beauty parlor shall have
a minimum length of at least 10 feet for a one-chair shop, 15 feet
for a two-chair shop and five feet additional length for each additional
chair and a minimum width of not less than 10 feet when waiting chairs
are not opposite or in line with barber chairs and a minimum width
of 12 feet when waiting chairs are opposite or in line with barber
chairs.
(13)
Every barbershop or beauty shop shall have the
following fixtures, facilities and equipment:
(a)
One barber pole or barbershop/beauty shop sign.
(b)
Stand and mirror.
(c)
One hand mirror.
(d)
Barber or beauty parlor chair (revolving type).
(e)
Closed container for clean towels.
(f)
A waste container for each chair.
(g)
Running hot and cold water.
(h)
A supply cabinet for stock of towels and supplies.
(i)
Seating accommodations for not fewer than three
persons.
(j)
A clothes tree or its equivalent to accommodate
the wraps of at least three customers.
(k)
One cabinet or closet for mops, brooms and cleaning
equipment.
(l)
A sufficient number of tools and instruments
for each chair.
(m)
Freshly laundered face towels and turkish towels
for each chair.
(n)
Two clean haircloths for each chair.
(o)
Neck strips and dispenser.
(p)
Hair tonic, face lotion, cold cream and massage
cream.
(q)
Powder or styptic liquid.
(r)
Provision for proper display of all licenses.
(s)
Proper display of rules and regulations.
(14)
Any person or persons proposing to open a barbershop
or beauty parlor in a new location or to change the location of an
existing shop shall first make application to the State Board of Barber
Examiners for its inspection and approval of the premises to be licensed
at least five days in advance of opening of the same.
(15)
Any barbershop or beauty parlor maintaining
toilet facilities for public use shall maintain such facilities in
a clean and sanitary condition.
(16)
All new barbershops and barbershops for which
a new shop license is required pursuant to Subsection (b) of Section
5 (N.J.S.A. 45:4-50.5[1]) of P.L. 1946, c. 133, shall be provided with lavatory
facilities, including hot and cold running water and a water-flushed
toilet. Office buildings and hotels are exempted as to the provision
of toilet only.
[1]
Editor's Note: N.J.S.A. 45:4-50.5 was repealed
by Chapter 205, Laws of 1984.
(17)
The entrances to new barbershops or beauty parlors
in private residences must permit patrons to enter the shop directly
from the public thoroughfare without passing through any other portion
of the building.
(18)
Each barbershop or beauty parlor shall display
a sign, clearly legible, indicating that it is a barbershop or beauty
parlor.
(19)
The sale in barbershops of items other than
hair tonics, lotions, creams, cutlery, toilet articles, hair pieces,
toupees, wigs, soft drinks, cigars and tobacco is hereby prohibited.
(20)
Containers with covers must be provided for
the storage of hair trimmings and other waste materials.
(21)
Each barber, apprentice or student barber shall
thoroughly wash his hands with soap and water immediately before serving
a patron.
(22)
All barbers, apprentices or student barbers
while engaged in the practice of barbering shall wear clean outer
garments.
(23)
No barber, apprentice or student barber shall
engage in barbering nor be employed in a barbershop who is affected
with any contagious or infectious disease in a communicable stage.
(24)
No common drinking cup or glass shall be maintained,
kept or used.
(25)
No barber shall smoke while serving a patron.
A.
No person shall be served in any barbershop or beauty
parlor if such person visibly evidences that he is infected with a
ringworm of the scalp or any other communicable disease.
B.
The use of styptic pencils is prohibited.
C.
The use of powder puffs and sponges, except for individual
use, is prohibited.
