Current through September 16, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
2, a massage establishment, reflexology establishment or structural integration
establishment that provides vapor baths, steam baths, saunas, steam rooms, spas
or portable saunas must be equipped with adequate shower facilities.
2. If a massage establishment provides dry
saunas and does not provide vapor baths, steam baths, saunas, steam rooms, spas
or portable saunas, then the establishment is not required to be equipped with
shower facilities.
3. Except as
otherwise provided in subsection 5, a massage establishment, reflexology
establishment or structural integration establishment shall ensure that:
(a) All portable saunas, showers, tubs,
basins, massage or steam tables, combs, brushes, shower caps and any other
equipment used in the massage establishment, reflexology establishment or
structural integration establishment is cleaned and rendered free from harmful
organisms;
(b) Any equipment that
comes in contact with a client of the massage therapist, reflexologist or
structural integration practitioner is disinfected and sanitized before the
equipment is used on another client;
(c) All equipment, furniture and fixtures,
including, without limitation, tables used for massage, reflexology or
structural integration, are clean and well maintained;
(d) All electrical equipment used for the
care of a client is clean and well maintained and is listed to applicable
standards and requirements by UL LLC, or approved by another nationally
recognized testing laboratory; and
(e) All hydrotherapy equipment is cleaned
after each use, is well maintained and is only used in the manner prescribed by
the manufacturer of the equipment.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
5, a massage therapist, reflexologist or structural integration practitioner
shall ensure that:
(a) All portable saunas,
showers, tubs, basins, massage or steam tables, combs, brushes, shower caps and
any other equipment used in the massage establishment, reflexology
establishment or structural integration establishment is cleaned and rendered
free from harmful organisms;
(b)
Any equipment that comes in contact with a client of the massage therapist,
reflexologist or structural integration practitioner is disinfected and
sanitized before the equipment is used on another client;
(c) All equipment, furniture and fixtures,
including, without limitation, tables used for massage, reflexology or
structural integration, are clean and well-maintained;
(d) All electrical equipment used for the
care of a client is clean and well-maintained and is consistent with applicable
standards and requirements of UL LLC, or approved by another nationally
recognized testing laboratory; and
(e) All hydrotherapy equipment is cleaned
after each use, is well-maintained and is only used in the manner prescribed by
the manufacturer of the equipment.
5. If a massage therapist, reflexologist or
structural integration practitioner or a massage establishment, reflexology
establishment or structural integration establishment determines that it is
impracticable to disinfect or sanitize any equipment, furniture or fixture, a
barrier must be placed between the client and the equipment, furniture or
fixture.
6. As used in this
section:
(a) "Barrier" means an item designed
to be used once before being laundered, sanitized or discarded, including,
without limitation, a towel, linen or paper.
(b) "Spa" means a pool primarily designed for
therapeutic use which is not drained, cleaned or refilled for each user. The
term includes units which employ hydrojet circulation, hot water, cold water,
mineral water or air induction bubbles or any combination
thereof.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
Massage Therapists by R009-07, eff. 6-17-2008; A by
R108-17AP,
eff. 2/27/2018; A by
R128-20A,
eff. 9/20/2022; A by
R128-20A,
eff. 9/20/2022
NRS 640C.320,
640C.330
