4713-15-13. Contagious/communicable diseases

(A) Licensees and boutique registration holders shall not perform a service on a client who has visible swelling, eruption, redness, bruising on skin, rash, or a parasitic infestation in the area where a service is to be performed without written permission from a physician.

(B) A licensee or boutique services registration holder who has visible swelling, eruption, redness, bruising on skin, rash, or a parasitic infestation shall not practice cosmetology or a branch of cosmetology, or otherwise provide a service in a salon without written permission from a physician.

(C) When a salon owner, manager, or individual assigned responsibility by the owner suspects a licensee, boutique services registration holder, or any individual working in the salon has visible swelling, eruption, redness, bruising on skin, rash, or a parasitic infestation, the salon shall have the individual provide a written statement from a physician that there is no danger of infection. The salon shall request the licensee, boutique services registration holder, or other individual not work until the individual provides the written statement from a physician.

(D) If a licensee, boutique services registration holder, patron, or other individual has exhibited the symptoms mentioned in paragraphs (A) and (B) of this rule, all areas and equipment that came in contact with the individual shall be cleaned and disinfected with an appropriate disinfectant.

Effective: 2/16/2018
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 4/3/2022
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4713.08(A)(20), 4713.08(A)(15), 4713.08(A)(1)
Rule Amplifies: 4713.44, 4713.41, 4713.69, 4713.45
Prior Effective Dates: 9/5/1977, 12/17/1989, 2/24/1991, 1/26/1997, 11/2/2013, 4/3/2017