|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
relating to certain sanitation requirements applicable to |
|
barbering and cosmetology. |
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
SECTION 1. Section 1602.256(a), Occupations Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) A person holding a manicurist license may perform only |
|
the practice of cosmetology defined in Section 1602.002(a)(10) or |
|
(11) [1602.002(9) or (10)]. |
|
SECTION 2. Section 1603.352, Occupations Code, is amended |
|
to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 1603.352. SANITATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN |
|
SERVICES. (a) A person who holds a license, certificate, or |
|
permit issued under this chapter, Chapter 1601, or Chapter 1602 and |
|
who performs a barbering service described by Section |
|
1601.002(1)(E) or (F) or a cosmetology service described by Section |
|
1602.002(a)(10) or (11) [1602.002(10) or (11)]: |
|
(1) shall, before performing the service, disinfect |
|
and sterilize with an autoclave or a dry heat, ultraviolet, or other |
|
department-approved sterilizer 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 barber shop, barber school, |
|
beauty shop, specialty shop, or beauty culture school is |
|
responsible for providing an autoclave or a dry heat, ultraviolet, |
|
or other department-approved sterilizer for use in the shop or |
|
school as required by Subsection (a). An autoclave or a dry heat, |
|
ultraviolet, or other department-approved sterilizer 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. Sections 1601.506 and 1602.408, Occupations |
|
Code, are repealed. |
|
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|
Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |