BILL NUMBER: AB 1263	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Yee

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add Section 7350.1 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to barbering and cosmetology.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1263, as introduced, Yee.   Barbering and cosmetology.
   Under existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, the State
Board of Barbering and Cosmetology licenses and regulates persons
engaged in the practice of barbering and cosmetology, and makes a
violation of the act a misdemeanor.  Existing law requires an
establishment in which cosmetology is practiced to be licensed by the
board.
   This bill would require the board to adopt regulations on or
before January 1, 2007, that set forth standards and requirements for
the use of whirlpool pedicure foot equipment.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 7350.1 is added to the  Business and
Professions Code , to read:
   7350.1.  (a) The board shall adopt regulations on or before
January 1, 2007, that set forth standards and requirements for the
use of whirlpool pedicure foot equipment that do all of the
following:(1) Establish minimum safety specifications for whirlpool
pedicure foot equipment.
   (2) Require the use of disinfectants approved by the federal
Environmental Protection Agency.
   (3) Establish procedures to ensure the proper and safe operation
of pedicure foot spas.
   (b) The board shall also establish, pursuant to Section 125.9,
penalties for licensees and establishments that violate regulations
adopted pursuant to this section.