Alaska Administrative Code
Title 18 - Environmental Conservation
Chapter 23 - Hair and Body Art Schools and Shops
Article 3 - Body Piercing, Tattooing, or Permanent Cosmetic Coloring Shops
18 AAC 23.335 - Practitioner hygiene

(a) A practitioner shall maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness and conform to good hygienic practices, including

(b) Before applying antiseptics and again before performing a procedure, a practitioner shall thoroughly cleanse that practitioner's hands as often as necessary to remove contaminants and in compliance with all of the following steps:

(c) While performing a procedure, a practitioner shall wear disposable gloves. Gloves may not be reused. The use of gloves does not preclude or substitute for the hand washing procedures as described in this section.

(d) A practitioner shall immediately take off that practitioner's gloves, discard the contaminated gloves, and wash that practitioner's hands before a fresh pair of gloves are used

(e) The owner or operator of a shop described in 18 AAC 23.300 shall establish written policies and procedures available for department review for the management of employees, practitioners, or clients who have latex allergies.

(f) A practitioner or shop employee with a boil, an infected wound, an open sore, or a weeping dermatological lesion may not work in any area of a shop in any capacity in which a likelihood exists that that person could contaminate equipment, supplies, or working surfaces.

(g) A practitioner or shop employee shall observe and follow the standards for public service workers regarding personal protective equipment and disposal of medical waste, tools and equipment as set out in Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Patients During Exposure-Prone Invasive Procedures,Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), adopted by reference in 18 AAC 23.305.