1. (1) Each establishment must have a toilet and handwashing sink conveniently available to clients and body artists during all hours of operation.
2. (2) The toilet room must be located within 200 feet by a normal pedestrian route of the work room and not more than one floor-to-floor flight of stairs.
3. (3) The toilet room must be ventilated, well lit, equipped with a door, toilet tissue, and waste receptacle.
4. (4) Floors, walls, and ceilings of the toilet room must be in good repair and in clean condition.
5. (5) Equipment and supplies used for body art procedures must not be stored or used within the toilet room.
6. (6) The handwashing sink must be located either within the toilet room or within ten feet of the toilet room door.
7. (7) The handwashing sink must be provided with hot and cold running water by means of a mixing valve or combination faucet, except as provided in ARM 37.112.121(2) for temporary or mobile establishments.
8. (8) Any self-dispensing, slow-closing, or metering faucet used must be designed to provide a flow of water for at least 20 seconds without the need to reactivate the faucet.
9. (9) Steam mixing valves are prohibited.
10. (10) Soap must be conveniently located to the handwashing sink.

11. (11) Each handwashing sink must be provided with single-use towels that are kept clean for drying hands and a waste receptacle. Non-disposable single-use towels may be used, subject to the following requirements:

    1. (a) the towels must be mechanically washed and hot air dried;
    2. (b) the wash cycle must run with sufficient detergent and for a time demonstrated to thoroughly remove all visible soil;
    3. (c) the towels must be thoroughly hot air tumble dried to at least 130ºF (54ºC) for ten minutes; and
    4. (d) laundered towels must be kept protected from contamination from soiled laundry and other sources by using separate labeled carts or containers for transportation, by providing sufficient space for sorting, folding, and storage, and by washing hands between touching soiled and clean laundry.

Authorizing statute(s): 50-48-103, MCA

Implementing statute(s): 50-48-103, MCA

History: NEW, 2007 MAR p. 351, Eff. 3/23/07; AMD, 2013 MAR p. 156, Eff. 2/1/13; AMD, 2025 MAR, 37-1072, Eff. 4/26/25.