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          Date of Hearing:   May 11, 2005

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                   Judy Chu, Chair

                     AB 1263 (Yee) - As Amended:  April 20, 2005 

          Policy Committee:                              Business and  
          Professions  Vote:                            10-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology to:

          1)Adopt regulations by January 1, 2007 setting forth standards  
            and requirements for the use of pedicure equipment, including  
            procedures to ensure the proper and safe operation of pedicure  
            spa equipment. 

          2)Establish penalties, including remediation requirements, for  
            licensees and establishments that violate health and safety  
            regulations.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          1)Additional ongoing special fund costs of $400,000 for four new  
            positions for inspecting pedicure spa equipment and two  
            positions to track, schedule, and oversee the remediation  
            program, and unknown additional contract costs to provide the  
            remediation program. [Board of Barbering and Cosmetology Fund,  
            which is projected to have a balance of $3.1 million at the  
            end of 2004, 05.] These costs would be offset in part by fine  
            revenues of about $24,000.

          2)Costs to adopt the required regulations are absorbable.

           COMMENTS

          1)Purpose  . According to the sponsor, Amerispa, the recent  
            outbreak of bacterial infections at nail salons and pedicure  
            salons stems from operators not practicing proper procedures  
            and protocol for sanitizing and disinfecting nail salon  








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            equipment. This bill requires the board to establish safety  
            standards for salons and pedicure foot spas. 

           2)Opposition  . The Professional Beauty Federation of California  
            opposes the bill unless amended to limit the provision  
            relating to remediation for licensees and establishments that  
            violate the health and safety code. The PBFC believes this  
            subdivision is too broad and would force the board to require  
            remediation for all licensees regulated by the board, not just  
            those provided for under this section.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081