Each owner of a school, an establishment, or a mobile establishment shall ensure that the applicable requirements of this regulation are met.

1. (a) Each school or establishment shall be well lit and well ventilated by natural or mechanical methods that remove or exhaust fumes, vapor, or dust to prevent hazardous conditions from occurring and to allow the free flow of air in a room in proportion to the size and the capacity of the room. The floors, walls, ceilings, furniture, and fixtures shall be clean and in good repair at all times.

   (b)(1) If a room used for residential purposes is adjacent to a room used for the practice of cosmetology, nail technology, esthetics, or electrology, a solid partition shall separate the portion of the premises used for residential purposes from the licensed area. The partition may contain a door if it remains closed, except for entering and leaving.

   1. (2) Each establishment that has an initial license issued on or after December 31, 2007 and that is located in a residence shall have a separate, outside entrance to the establishment.

2. (c) If a room used for nonlicensed business purposes is also used for or is adjacent to a room used for the practice of cosmetology, nail technology, esthetics, or electrology and if the board, upon consultation with the secretary of health and environment, determines that the proximity of the licensed or nonlicensed activities poses a possible threat to the health of the employees, the consumers, or the public, the owner of the school or establishment shall mitigate the risk as directed by the board, including by meeting one or both of the following requirements:

   1. (1) A solid partition shall separate the portion of the premises used for nonlicensed business purposes from the licensed area. The partition may contain a door if it remains closed, except for entering and leaving.
   2. (2) A separate, outside entrance shall be provided for the school or establishment.

3. (d) Each school or establishment shall have plumbing that provides hot and cold running, potable water at all times and that provides for the disposal of used water.

   (e)(1) Each establishment shall have at least one restroom. Each school shall have at least two restrooms. Each restroom shall be in the building in which the establishment or school is located.

   1. (2) Each restroom shall include at least one working toilet and one hand-washing sink with hot and cold running water, a liquid soap dispenser, and either disposable towels or an air dryer. Each restroom shall be kept in a sanitary condition.

   2. (3) A restroom sink shall not be used for services or for cleaning instruments or equipment.

      (f)(1) Each establishment that provides cosmetology services shall have a shampoo bowl with a sprayer and hot and cold running water that is separate from the restroom.

   3. (2) Each establishment that provides nail technology, esthetics, or electrology services shall have a hand-washing sink with hot and cold running water that is separate from the restroom.

4. (g) The following requirements shall apply to each mobile establishment:

   1. (1) All equipment shall be securely anchored to the mobile establishment.
   2. (2) No services shall be performed while the mobile establishment is in motion.

   3. (3) Each mobile establishment shall have the following:

      1. (A) A hand-washing sink that has hot and cold running water;
      2. (B) a self-contained supply of potable water. The water tank shall have a capacity of at least 20 gallons, and the holding tanks shall have at least the same capacity; and
      3. (C) one or more self-contained, recirculating, flush chemical toilets with a holding tank.

(Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-1,148; effective Jan. 4, 1993; amended Jan. 2, 1998; amended Oct. 5, 2007; amended April 10, 2020.)