Hygiene control obligations of nail beauticians
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- A nail beautician shall observe the following matters to keep his/her business-related facilities and equipment hygienic and safe, so as not to cause any harm to the health of their users (Article 4(1) and (4) of the Public Health Control Act).
· Genuine nail beauty service shall be rendered, which does not utilize any medical appliances or medicines
· Beauty arts appliances shall be kept by dividing them into sterilized ones and non-sterilized ones, and only one single-use razor shall be used per customer
· Beautician's (nail) license shall be displayed within the business establishment
Sterilization of nail beauty appliances
- Disinfection criteria and methods for nail beauty appliances are as follows [Article 4(4) of the Public Health Control Act, Article 5 and attached Table 3 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Public Health Control Act, and Disinfection criteria and methods per barbering and beauty appliance (Notice No. 2017-123 of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, enacted and implemented on Jul. 3, 2017)].
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Appliance name
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Degree of risk
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Disinfection methods
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▪ Toe separators ▪ Latex ▪ Puff ▪ Sponge
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Concerns as to the transmission of infection medium or self-infection
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▪ Wipe away foreign substances from the surface using a cloth ▪ Wash and soak them in a disinfectant solution for at least 10 minutes before rinsing it under running water and removing moisture ▪ Sterilize them with ultraviolet rays and store them in a separate container
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Sanctions in case of violations
Administrative dispositions
- A Mayor/Do Governor or the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall order a nail beautician who has violated his/her hygiene control obligations to make an improvement immediately or within a specified period not exceeding six months (Article 10(2) of the Public Health Control Act and Article 17(1) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Public Health Control Act).
- The head of a Si/Gun/Gu may order a nail beautician who has violated his/her health control obligations to suspend his/her business or partially suspend the use of its facilities within a specified period not exceeding six months, or to shut down his/her business establishment (Subparagraph 4 of Article 11(1) of the Public Health Control Act).
Administrative fines
- A person who has failed to comply with the obligations for hygiene control of beauty arts establishment and violated the Act shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding KRW 2 million (Subparagraph 2 of Article 22(2) of the Public Health Control Act).
Hygiene control rating
Assessment of level of health control
- In order to elevate the level of hygiene control of the public health business establishments, the Mayor/Do Governor shall formulate an assessment plan for the hygiene service and notify the head of a Si/Gun/Gu thereof, while the head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall draw up a detailed assessment plan by area under his/her jurisdiction according to the assessment plan, and thereafter assess the level of health service of the public health business establishments (Article 13(1) and (2) of the Public Health Control Act).
- The assessment of the level of health control shall be conducted every two years, although the assessment cycle may vary where it is deemed especially necessary for the health and hygiene control of a nail salon (Article 13(4) of the Public Health Control Act and Article 20 (main text) of the Enforcement Rule of the Public Health Control Act)
※ However, if a public health business operator filed suspension of business under Article 8(7) of the Value Added Tax Act, health service assessment may be waived for such public health business) (Article 20 (proviso) of the Enforcement Rule of the Public Health Control Act)
Publication of the health control rating
- The head of a Si/Gun/Gu shall notify the relevant nail beautician of their health control rating as a result of the health service assessment, and publish such rating (Article 14(1) of the Public Health Control Act).
- A nail beautician can attach the cover or notice of his/her health control rating at the entrance of his/her business establishment, along with the name of business establishment (Article 14(2) of the Public Health Control Act).