79R9370 YDB-D


By:  Wong                                                         H.B. No. 1304



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to sanitation requirements for certain barbering and 
cosmetology services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1601.506, Occupations Code, is amended 
by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
	(e)  A person who holds a license, certificate, or permit 
issued under this chapter and who performs a barbering service 
described by Section 1601.002(1)(E) or (F):
		(1)  shall, before performing the service, disinfect 
and sterilize with an autoclave each nondisposable instrument used 
to perform the service; and
		(2)  may use a disposable supply or instrument only if 
that supply or instrument is purchased at the location where the 
service is performed or provided by the person on whom the service 
is performed.
	(f)  The owner or manager of a barbershop, specialty shop, or 
barber school is responsible for providing an autoclave for use in 
the shop or school as required by Subsection (e).  An autoclave used 
as required by Subsection (e) must be:
		(1)  registered and listed with the federal Food and 
Drug Administration; and
		(2)  used in accordance with the manufacturer's 
instructions.        
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter I, Chapter 1602, Occupations Code, is 
amended by adding Section 1602.408 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1602.408.  SANITATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN 
SERVICES.  (a)  A person who holds a license, certificate, or permit 
issued under this chapter and who performs a cosmetology service 
described by Section 1602.002(10) or (11):
		(1)  shall, before performing the service, disinfect 
and sterilize with an autoclave each nondisposable instrument used 
to perform the service; and
		(2)  may use a disposable supply or instrument only if 
that supply or instrument is purchased at the location where the 
service is performed or provided by the person on whom the service 
is performed.
	(b)  The owner or manager of a beauty shop, specialty shop, 
or beauty culture school is responsible for providing an autoclave 
for use in the shop or school as required by Subsection (a).  An 
autoclave used as required by Subsection (a) must be:
		(1)  registered and listed with the federal Food and 
Drug Administration; and
		(2)  used in accordance with the manufacturer's 
instructions.        
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2006.