18 AAC 23.320. Premises

(a) In addition to the requirements under 18 AAC 23.040, the owner or operator of a shop described in 18 AAC 23.300(a) shall

(1) provide an artificial light source equivalent to at least 100 footcandles measured at the task level where a procedure is performed and where instruments and sharps are assembled;

(2) completely separate the shop by a solid partition, walls extending from floor to ceiling, or a solid, self-closing door from

(A) any room used for human habitation or a room where food is prepared;

(B) a school or shop where barbering, hairdressing, manicuring, or esthetics is practiced; or

(C) retail sales or similar activity that may cause potential contamination of procedure surfaces, except that retail sales that are related to the shop may be separated from the procedure area by space sufficient to prevent contamination of procedure surfaces;

(3) provide an area that may be screened from the public view for clients requesting privacy; at a minimum, each body piercing, tattooing, or permanent cosmetic coloring station must be separated from another station by a divider or partition at least six feet high; if a cloth drape is used as a divider or partition, that drape must be kept clean; if a solid divider or partition is used, it must be smooth, easily cleanable, and kept clean;

(4) provide a worktable appropriate for each procedure area that is adequate for each type of procedure performed, smooth and easily cleanable, and kept clean;

(5) provide an area separate from the procedure area for the sterilization of instruments;

(6) provide a separate, readily accessible handsink for the exclusive use of the practitioners for handwashing and for preparing each client for the body piercing, tattooing, or permanent cosmetic coloring procedure; for a shop constructed or extensively remodeled after December 1, 2002, the handsink must be equipped with wrist-, knee-, or foot-operated controls;

(7) equip the shop with sterilizing equipment appropriate to support shop activities in accordance with 18 AAC 23.050;

(8) provide closed storage cabinets for the exclusive storage of instruments, colorants, pigments, carbon, and stencils used in the shop for each procedure area;

(9) post "no smoking" signs in the procedure area that comply with AS l8.35.330(c);

(10) post a sign in a conspicuous location at the main entrance of the shop that states, "A complaint about the sanitation of this shop or the sanitation practices of a practitioner in this shop may be filed with the Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Health, 555 Cordova St., Anchorage, AK 99501 or by phone at (907) 269-7501.";

(11) keep a copy of this chapter on the premises of the school or shop and make this chapter available to each employee, each practitioner, and the public upon request; and

(12) provide an instrument cleaning sink for cleaning instruments and a utility sink for mopping and general cleaning that are separate from the procedure area and from each other and used only for their intended purpose.

(b) Only practitioners and clients may be in the procedure area unless requested or authorized by both the practitioner and the client.

History: Eff. 12/1/2002, Register 164

Authority: AS 08.13.030

AS 08.13.120

AS 08.13.210

AS 44.46.020

Editor's note: The department will furnish the signs required under 18 AAC 23.320(a) (9) and 18 AAC 23.320(a) (10) to an owner or operator who requests them. The sign required under 18 AAC 23.320(a) (10) may also be obtained from the department's Internet web site at http://www.state.ak.us/dec/deh.

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