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24.121.407    PREMISES AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

(1) The premises of all salons, shops, and schools must be kept clean, sanitary, and in a safe condition at all times.

(2) No services connected with a salon, shop, or school can be conducted in any room used as living or sleeping quarters.

(3) No other business can be conducted in a salon, shop, or school, except those regulated by the board or related to the industries regulated by the board, unless separated by a full-length partition.

(4) If there is another salon, shop, and school connected to a salon, shop, or school, there must be a door between the establishments that must remain closed during business hours.

(5) Salons, shops, and schools must provide direct entry into the salon, shop, or school from a public access area.

(6) Furniture must be kept clean, sanitary, and in a safe condition at all times.

(7) Animals are permitted on the premises of a salon or shop only as follows:

(a) Animals assisting individuals with disabilities must be accompanied as specified in 49-4-214, MCA.

(b) Dogs may be permitted on the premises at any time at the discretion of the licensee, after the licensee:

(i) provides the board with proof of current rabies vaccination records for each dog on the premises, and makes such proof available to the board inspector;

(ii) provides the board with a certificate of insurance for liability insurance covering each dog on the premises and maintains a copy of the certificate on the premises; and

(iii) posts a legible sign at or near the entrance of the salon or shop indicating that there is a dog present on the premises.

(c) Fish are permitted in enclosed tanks or aquariums only.

(d) All other animals are prohibited on the premises of salons or shops at any time, unless the licensee has submitted a request for a variance that has been approved by the board as provided in rule.

(8) Food must not be prepared and sold or stored in a salon, shop, school, or booth. Beverages that are prepared beyond the addition of water are prohibited. The following exceptions apply:

(a) food and nonalcoholic beverages that the licensee has for the licensee's own consumption;

(b) items dispensed from vending machines if the machines comply with federal, state, and local laws; or

(c) if the salon, shop, or school is licensed as a food purveyor in accordance and in compliance with all state and county regulations.

(9) Single service disposable drinking cups must be available for client use unless the salon, shop, or school is licensed as a food purveyor as above.

(10) If a blood spill should occur, the licensee, student, or cadet instructor shall follow the blood spill procedure adopted by the National Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology (NIC). The board adopts and incorporates by reference the blood spill procedure as adopted by NIC, August 1998. A copy of the blood spill procedure is available at the board offices, 301 South Park Avenue, P.O. Box 200513, Helena, MT 59620-0513.

(11) The NIC blood spill procedure must be posted in all salons, shops, and schools.

 

 

History: 37-1-131, 37-31-203, 37-31-204, MCA; IMP, 37-31-204, 37-31-311, MCA; NEW, 2005 MAR p. 99, Eff. 11/19/04; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 859, Eff. 6/22/07.

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