28-24-9

Kansas Administrative Regulation No. 28-24-9

Infection Control Regulations for Practitioners and Facilities

28-24-9 Pedicure equipment.

For the purposes of this regulation, the term ``pedicure equipment’’ shall mean any apparatus that holds water for the purpose of pedicure service. Each cosmetologist or manicurist and each apprentice of nail technology or cosmetology shall disinfect and maintain all pedicure equipment according to this regulation.

1. Each cosmetologist, cosmetology technician, or manicurist and each apprentice of nail technology or cosmetology shall perform all of the following:
   
   1. Drain the pedicure equipment of all water and remove all debris from the equip­ment;
   2. clean the surfaces and walls of the equipment with soap or detergent and rinse with clean warm water;
   3. circulate a bleach solution or an EPA-registered disinfectant with demonstrated bactericidal, fungicidal, virucidal, and tuberculocidal activity used according to the manufacturer’s instructions through the equipment for 10 minutes and then drain and rinse the equipment with warm clean water; and
   4. wipe the equipment dry with a clean towel.
2. At the end of each day, each cosmetologist, cosmetology technician, or manicurist and each apprentice of nail technology or cosmetology shall perform the following:
   
   1. Drain the pedicure equipment of all water and remove all debris from the equip­ment;
   2. remove all debris trapped behind any removable parts of the equipment;
   3.  
      
      1. Wash all removable parts and the inlet with soap or detergent and then with a bleach solution; or
      2. totally immerse all removable parts and the inlet in an EPA-registered disinfectant with demonstrated bactericidal, fungicidal, virucidal, and tuberculocidal activity used according to the manufacturer’s instructions;
   4. replace all removable parts; and
   5. flush the equipment with soap and water for 10 minutes and then rinse, drain, and allow the equipment to air-dry.
3. Each week, each cosmetologist, cosmetology technician, or manicurist and each apprentice shall ensure that all of the following cleaning and disinfecting procedures are followed:
   
   1. After the cleaning procedures specified in subsection (b) are followed, the pedicure equipment shall be filled with bleach solution, which shall be circulated through the system for five to 10 minutes before the jets are turned off.
   2. The bleach solution shall be allowed to remain in the equipment for at least six hours. Then the equipment shall be drained and flushed with warm clean water.