Where can I find Health Saftey Standards for a Hair Salon? My sister got head lice!?

I am originally from TX, and everytime i'd go to a hair salon, I'd see these tall vases filled with some blue solution(disenfectant??) that the hairstylists would put the hair brushes/combs in. I now live in KS, and I have YET to see any sort of disenfecting of that type. They use the SAME HAIRBRUSHES ON EVERYONE!!?? My sister has head lice now, and that is the only thing we could think of. Can they be transferred from a hairbrush?? Yes , right? Where can I find a health rules list for hair salons here and who this can be reported to and WHY these places are still open! Thanks!

Where can I find Health Saftey Standards for a Hair Salon? My sister got head lice!?

I live in MS. I am a licensed stylist but am not currently working. That blue liquid in the jars is disinfectant. When I was working I was required to clean all implements with soap and water and then soak them in the disinfectant for 10 minutes after every use. Yes, lice can live in brushes for some time. Also, if I found lice I was to immediately stop any work on the infected person and ask them to leave. Licensed salon are routinely inspected by the state board of cosmetology in MS. Here is the website you need to go to.

accesskansas.org It states the following

"Before use upon a patron, all nonelectrical instruments and equipment shall be disinfected in the following manner:

clean with soap or detergent and water; and

totally immerse in an EPA-registered, hospital-grade disinfectant with demonstrated bactericidal, fungicidal, and virucidal activity when used according to manufacturer's instructions. "

There is a form on the website for filing a complaint.

All that said, I might call the salon before I filed a complaint. head lice are very contagious and your sister could have gotten them some where else.

Where can I find Health Saftey Standards for a Hair Salon? My sister got head lice!?

Call the "Department of Professional Business Regulation" at your state capital. Ask for the cosmetology board. They should be able to help.

I've been a licensed cosmetologist for thirty years.

Hope this helps and good luck.

Where can I find Health Saftey Standards for a Hair Salon? My sister got head lice!?

use viniger, and ya wash everything, and YA they could be from the brushes, go to the store inspector number and call in a complaint.

Where can I find Health Saftey Standards for a Hair Salon? My sister got head lice!?

Yes, lice can be transferred from a hair brush. They can be transferred anytime a single bug or egg comes into contact with a person - from towels, chairs, hair brushes, clothes, being close to someone, etc.

In my state, it's illegal for a salon to work on any person with head lice. In your state, no salon may knowingly work on any person who has a communicable disease which could be transmitted to other patrons. I expect this could include head lice.

In your state, sanitation regulations require that before use upon a patron, all instruments and equipment must be cleansed with either soap and water, or completely submerged in registered, hospital grade disinfectant.

You can visit the Kansas Board of Cosmetology website to learn more about your state regulations. You can also file a complaint with them by following the directions on their site. I'll link below.

Where can I find Health Saftey Standards for a Hair Salon? My sister got head lice!?

Well it's hard to prove she got lice there. But I cannot imagine that they do not disinfect. Did she go back and speak with the hairdresser and what was said?

Where can I find Health Saftey Standards for a Hair Salon? My sister got head lice!?

You need to contact the State Board for Licensing in that state. Try googling State Board of Cosmetologist and KS, put in your city to narrow the results.

The blue stuff is a disinfectant called Barbicide. If you don't see that, they should hav an autoclave somewhere-that is a piece of equipment that is used to sterilize salon tools and equipment.