Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-24-3

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 28-24-3 - Communicable diseases or conditions

(a) No practitioner shall provide either of the following:

(1) Any service to a consumer who has pediculosis, open sores, inflamed tissue suggesting a communicable disease or condition, fungus, lice, including head, body, or pubic, or ringworm, until the consumer furnishes to the practitioner a statement signed by a licensed physician stating that the communicable disease or condition is not in an infectious, contagious, or communicable stage; or

(2) any service while having pediculosis, open sores, or inflamed tissue suggesting a communicable disease or condition, fungus, lice, including head, body, or pubic, or ringworm, until the practitioner obtains a statement signed by a licensed physician stating that the communicable disease or condition is not in an infectious, contagious, or communicable stage.

(b) If a service has been started and a practitioner discovers that a consumer has pediculosis, open sores, in-famed tissue suggesting a communicable disease or condition, fungus, lice, including head, body, or pubic, or ringworm, the practitioner shall perform the following:

(1) Stop services immediately in a safe manner;

(2) inform the consumer why the service was stopped; and

(3) clean and disinfect all affected tools, work areas, and waiting areas.

(c) If there is a likelihood of exposure to blood or body fluids while practicing cosmetology, nail technology, esthetics, or electrology, the practitioner shall wear single-use protective gloves, and each contaminated single-use item shall be double-bagged, sealed, and disposed of in a closed waste receptacle.

(d) If a blood exposure occurs, the practitioner shall perform all of the following procedures:

(1) Stop service immediately;

(2) put on protective gloves;

(3) clean the injured area with an antiseptic solution and cover the wound with a sterile bandage to prevent further blood exposure;

(4) clean and disinfect all equipment, instruments, and surfaces that came in contact with blood; and

(5) double-bag all contaminated items, including gloves, and dispose of the contaminated items in a closed waste receptacle.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-24-3

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-1,148; effective Jan. 4, 1993; amended Oct. 5, 2007; amended by Kansas Register Volume 39, No. 13 ; effective 4/10/2020.