D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-E203

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 25-E203 - PREVENTING CONTAMINATION - REUSABLE INSTRUMENTS, EQUIPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES, AND DISINFECTING PROCEDURES [(Critical Section)]

203.1

Licensees shall ensure reusable implements, instruments, and equipment are cleaned and sterilized, as specified in §§ 203.5, 203.8, 203.10, 205, 207, or 208 after:

(a) Each cosmetic procedure;

(b) Coming in contact with a customer; or

(c) Being removed from a sterilized environment.

203.2

Licensees shall ensure that contaminated, reusable instruments or equipment are placed in a labeled covered container which shall contain a United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered disinfectant solution that is bactericidal, viricidal and fungicidal used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

203.3

Licensees shall ensure that all containers and container lids holding contaminated reusable instruments are emptied of the contaminated solution and cleaned and disinfected daily or more often as needed.

203.4

Use of ultraviolet (UV) light to disinfect or sterilize equipment or instruments is prohibited.

203.5

If using autoclave method of sterilization, licensees shall ensure barber, cosmetology, and personal grooming facilities:

(a) Clean articles with soap and water, completely immerse in a chemical solution that is an EPA-registered disinfectant as follows:

(1) Remove hair from combs and brushes and immerse the combs and brushes in an EPA-registered disinfectant solution according to the manufacuters specification;

(2) Immerse metallic instrument in an EPA-registered disinfectant; and

(3) Only wipe metallic instruments with sharp, cutting edges with an EPA-registered disinfectant.

(b) Equipment that has been disinfected as specified in § 203.5(a) shall be:

(1) Placed in sealed autoclave peel-packs that contain a visual sterilizer indicator; or

(2) Placed directly in the autoclave with an internal visual indicator for larger equipment that does not fit into peel-packs; and

(c) All cleaned, non-disposable instruments shall be sterilized in a U.S Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") approved steam autoclave or dry heat sterilizer, as follows:

(1) The sterilizer shall be used, cleaned, and maintained according to the manufacturer's instruction. A copy of the manufacturer's recommended procedures for the operation of the sterilization unit must be available for inspection;

(2) Sterilizers shall be located away from workstations or areas frequented by the public; and

(3) If a licensed facility uses all single use, disposable instruments and products, and utilizes sterile supplies, an autoclave shall not be required.

(d) Licensees shall demonstrate that the sterilizer used is capable of attaining sterilization by monthly spore destruction tests. These tests shall be verified through an independent laboratory, as specified in § 208.1(f).

203.6

Licensees shall ensure that reusable implement, instrument, or equipment whether or not it is used, or comes in contact with a customer, or is removed from its sterilized environment, shall be re-sterilized as specified in §§ 203.10, 207, 208, and 209.

203.7

Licensees shall ensure that after cleaning, all non-single use, non-disposable instruments shall be packed individually, in peel packs, and subsequently sterilized in accordance with § 203.5(c)(1) and (2), and shall include the following:

(a) Peel packs shall contain visual sterilizer indicators or use other internal visual temperature indicator when peel packs are not used;

(b) Peel packs must be dated with an expiration date not to exceed six (6) months;

(c) Sterile equipment may not be used if the package has been breached or after the expiration date without first sterilizing and repackaging;

(d) All equipment shall remain in sterile packaging until just before use.

203.8

Licensees shall ensure that reusable instruments or equipment are sterilized in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions in an FDA-listed sterilizer.

203.9

Licensees shall ensure that after sterilizing reusable instruments or equipment, the reusable instruments and equipment are stored in a covered non-porous, dry, cool place.

203.10

Licensees shall ensure that each barber, cosmetology, and personal grooming facility:

(a) Clean reusable instruments with soap and water prior to it being completely immersed in a chemical solution that is an EPA-registered disinfectant;

(b) Is equipped with a working U.S. FDA-listed sterilizer; and

(c) Maintain Safety Data Sheets for all chemicals present in the establishment for inspection by the Department.

203.11

All workstations shall be constructed and equipped with chairs, and tabletops that are not upholstered, smooth, and easily cleanable and maintained in a clean and sanitary manner.

203.12

All solid surfaces and objects in cosmetic procedure areas that have come in contact with the customer or the materials used in performing cosmetic procedures shall be immediately cleaned after each use and then disinfected by application of a disinfectant, used according to manufacturer's instructions, including but not limited to:

(a) Tables;

(b) Countertops;

(c) Trays; and

(d) Manicure bowls and non-fixed pedicure bowls.

203.13

The surfaces and objects in the procedure area shall be disinfected again if an activity that poses a potential contamination occurred in the area after the area was disinfected.

203.14

Licensees shall ensure barber, cosmetology, and personal grooming facilities clean and disinfect shampoo bowls, facial beds, neck rests, and other high-contact areas between each use with single-use disposable wipes with an EPA-registered disinfectant.

203.15

Licensees shall ensure that at least one covered, hands-free, solid, non-absorbent waste receptacle, lined with disposable non-absorbent bags is provided in each:

(a) Workstation;

(b) In each toilet room; and

(c) At each hand wash sink if using disposable paper towels.

203.16

Licensees shall ensure each workstation for barbering and cosmetic procedures provide barbers and cosmetologists with a minimum of forty-five square feet (45 sq. ft.) of floor space.

203.17

Licensees shall maintain, in chronological order for ninety (90) calendar days, records of the purchase of all pre-sterilized medical-grade instruments, implements, disposable items, single-use supplies, cleaning, disinfectant and sanitizing solutions.

203.18

Each barber, cosmetology, and personal grooming facility shall have a separate cleaning area for the decontamination, and sterilization procedures, in which the placement of a sterilizer is at least thirty-six (36) inches away from the placement of any sink.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-E203

Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 13026 (12/10/2021)