(a) The sanitary rating of a beauty establishment shall be based on a system of grading outlined in this Subchapter. The Board's agent or inspector shall rate all beauty establishments based on the following grading scale:
- (1) all establishments receiving a rating of at least 90 percent or more shall be awarded a grade A;
- (2) all establishments receiving a rating of at least 80 percent, and less than 90 percent, shall be awarded grade B;
- (3) all establishments receiving a rating of at least 70 percent and less than 80 percent shall be awarded grade C; and
- (4) any cosmetic art shop or school with a sanitation grade of below 70 percent shall be awarded a failed inspection notice.
- (b) Every beauty establishment shall be inspected and graded by the Board's agent or inspector and given a sanitary rating. A cosmetic art school shall be graded no less than three times a year, and a cosmetic art shop shall be graded once a year.
- (c) The sanitary rating or failed inspection notice given to a beauty establishment by the Board's agent or inspector shall be posted by the owner in plain sight near the front entryway at all times.
- (d) All new establishments shall be graded by the Board's agent or inspector and receive a rating of at least 90 percent before a license will be issued.
- (e) The operation of a cosmetic art shop or school which fails to receive a sanitary rating of at least 70 percent (grade C) shall be sufficient cause for revoking or suspending the license.
- (f) A re-inspection by the Board's agent or inspector for the purpose of raising the sanitary rating of a beauty establishment shall not be given within 30 days of the last inspection unless the rating at the last inspection was less than 80 percent.
- (g) All cosmetic art shops and schools with a failed inspection report shall be sufficient cause for the immediate suspension of licensure. All cosmetic art shops and schools with a failed inspection report shall close until the Board's agent or inspector has reinspected and the sanitation conditions have improved to be awarded a passing grade.
- (h) A copy of the itemized and graded inspection report shall be provided to the operator at the time of the inspection.
History Note: Authority G.S. 88B-2; 88B-4; 88B-14; 88B-26; 88B-27;
Eff. April 1, 2012;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. January 13, 2015;
Amended Eff. April 1, 2023;
Readopted Eff. April 1, 2026.