Current through August 30, 2024
(a) An individual may not smoke, eat, or
drink in a procedure area.
(b) The
owner or operator of a shop described in
18 AAC 23.300 shall ensure that
(1) if blood spills, splatters, or sprays
onto a procedure surface, that surface is immediately cleaned and
sanitized;
(2) an aluminum foil or
plastic cover is used to protect items and surfaces that may become
contaminated by blood or saliva during use and that are difficult or impossible
to clean and disinfect; the coverings must be removed, discarded, and replaced
with a clean covering between clients;
(3) after each use, each procedure surface
and client chair or bench is cleaned and sanitized;
(4) each horizontal surface, restroom, and
general work surface in the shop is cleaned and sanitized at least daily;
and
(5) all storage cabinets are
kept clean.
(c) The
owner or operator shall ensure that
(1) any
products applied to the skin, including a tattooing or permanent cosmetic
coloring transfer or stencil, is single-use and disposable except that a
reusable acetate stencil may be used if the stencil is sanitized after use on
each client;
(2) any petroleum
jelly, soap, and other product used in the application of stencils is dispensed
and applied to the area to be tattooed with sterile gauze, with a sterile
tongue depressor, or in a manner that prevents contamination of the original
container and its contents; the gauze or tongue depressor must be discarded
after a single use;
(3) any
single-use material that cannot be sterilized is stored in covered containers;
additionally, the practitioner shall
(A)
remove any material from the container in a manner to prevent contamination of
the original container and the contents; and
(B) discard a single-use item after use on
each client; and
(4) if
a marker is used to mark the client's skin, the marker is used on cleansed skin
or a surgical marking pen that is sanitized by design, such as an alcohol-based
ink pen, is used.
(d) A
practitioner shall open each package containing a sterile instrument in the
presence of the client and handle each instrument in a manner to prevent
contamination of that instrument.
(e) A practitioner shall discard any item or
instrument that is contaminated by contact with an unclean surface or object or
contacts an individual other than the practitioner or client and replace that
item or instrument immediately with a sterile item or instrument before the
practitioner resumes the procedure.
(f) If the package seal on a single-use,
disposable, sterile instrument has been broken, that instrument may not be
used.
(g) The owner or operator of
a shop described in
18 AAC 23.300(a)
shall establish written sanitary procedures available for department review
that include
(1) instrument cleaning and
sterilization;
(2) cleaning and
sanitizing of each procedure area; and
(3) a medical waste management plan in
accordance with
18 AAC 23.330 that includes
segregation, identification, packaging, storage, transport, treatment,
disposal, and contingency planning for blood spills or loss of containment of
medical waste.
Under Department of Labor and Workforce Development
regulations set out in
8 AAC 61.1010, the requirements of
29 C.F.R.
1910.1030, addressing occupational exposure
to blood borne pathogens, are occupational safety and health standards in this
state. Owners and operators should contact the Department of Labor and
Workforce Development for assistance in complying with those
requirements.
Authority:AS
08.13.030
AS 08.13.120
AS 08.13.210
AS
44.46.020
