1. (a) Any new or relocated cosmetology establishment must be inspected and approved by the department before it may operate. Additionally, a cosmetology establishment that has changed ownership must be inspected and approved by the department but may continue to operate prior to inspection.
2. (b) The cosmetology establishment owner shall request an initial inspection from the department and pay the fee required by §83.80. In order for the department to schedule the initial inspection in a timely manner, the initial inspection request and fee should be submitted to the department no later than forty-five (45) calendar days prior to the opening date of the establishment.
3. (c) Upon receipt of the owner's request and the fee, the department shall schedule the initial inspection date and notify the owner.
4. (d) Upon completion of the initial inspection, the owner shall be advised in writing of the results. The inspection report will indicate whether the cosmetology establishment meets or does not meet the minimum requirements of the Act and this chapter.
5. (e) For cosmetology establishments that do not meet the minimum requirements, the report will reflect those minimum requirements that remain to be addressed by the owner.
6. (f) A cosmetology establishment that does not meet the minimum requirements on initial inspection must be reinspected. The cosmetology establishment owner must submit the request for reinspection along with the fee required by §83.80, before the department will perform the reinspection.

Source Note:The provisions of this §83.51 adopted to be effective March 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1297; amended to be effective August 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 5952.