Section 640C.200 - Required facilities; sanitary and safety requirements1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a massage establishment, reflexology establishment or structural integration establishment that provides vapor baths, steam baths, saunas, steam rooms, spas or portable saunas must be equipped with adequate shower facilities.2. If a massage establishment provides dry saunas and does not provide vapor baths, steam baths, saunas, steam rooms, spas or portable saunas, then the establishment is not required to be equipped with shower facilities.3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a massage establishment, reflexology establishment or structural integration establishment shall ensure that: (a) All portable saunas, showers, tubs, basins, massage or steam tables, combs, brushes, shower caps and any other equipment used in the massage establishment, reflexology establishment or structural integration establishment is cleaned and rendered free from harmful organisms;(b) Any equipment that comes in contact with a client of the massage therapist, reflexologist or structural integration practitioner is disinfected and sanitized before the equipment is used on another client;(c) All equipment, furniture and fixtures, including, without limitation, tables used for massage, reflexology or structural integration, are clean and well maintained;(d) All electrical equipment used for the care of a client is clean and well maintained and is listed to applicable standards and requirements by UL LLC, or approved by another nationally recognized testing laboratory; and(e) All hydrotherapy equipment is cleaned after each use, is well maintained and is only used in the manner prescribed by the manufacturer of the equipment.4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a massage therapist, reflexologist or structural integration practitioner shall ensure that:(a) All portable saunas, showers, tubs, basins, massage or steam tables, combs, brushes, shower caps and any other equipment used in the massage establishment, reflexology establishment or structural integration establishment is cleaned and rendered free from harmful organisms;(b) Any equipment that comes in contact with a client of the massage therapist, reflexologist or structural integration practitioner is disinfected and sanitized before the equipment is used on another client;(c) All equipment, furniture and fixtures, including, without limitation, tables used for massage, reflexology or structural integration, are clean and well-maintained;(d) All electrical equipment used for the care of a client is clean and well-maintained and is consistent with applicable standards and requirements of UL LLC, or approved by another nationally recognized testing laboratory; and(e) All hydrotherapy equipment is cleaned after each use, is well-maintained and is only used in the manner prescribed by the manufacturer of the equipment.5. If a massage therapist, reflexologist or structural integration practitioner or a massage establishment, reflexology establishment or structural integration establishment determines that it is impracticable to disinfect or sanitize any equipment, furniture or fixture, a barrier must be placed between the client and the equipment, furniture or fixture.6. As used in this section:(a) "Barrier" means an item designed to be used once before being laundered, sanitized or discarded, including, without limitation, a towel, linen or paper.(b) "Spa" means a pool primarily designed for therapeutic use which is not drained, cleaned or refilled for each user. The term includes units which employ hydrojet circulation, hot water, cold water, mineral water or air induction bubbles or any combination thereof.Nev. Admin. Code § 640C.200
Added to NAC by Bd. of Massage Therapists by R009-07, eff. 6-17-2008; A by R108-17AP, eff. 2/27/2018; A by R128-20A, eff. 9/20/2022; A by R128-20A, eff. 9/20/2022