November 2009
Texas Barber & Cosmetology News
(512) 463-6599 or 1-800-803-9202
www.license.state.tx.us
COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM
P.O. Box 12088 Austin, Texas 78711
cs.cosmetologists@license.state.tx.us
No one wants to catch the swine flu (H1N1), or for that matter the seasonal flu. After all, being sick means lost time from work or school which equals a loss of income; for licensed barbers and cosmetologists the lost money is immediate and for students lost time can mean a delay in graduation and the start of a career. No one knows how serious or severe the swine flu pandemic (pandemic is a fancy word for a disease or condition found in a large part of a population) will be but here are three steps you can take to slow down or stop the spread of germs.
1. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages you, your clients and co-workers to cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing to stop the spread of germs that can make people sick. Flu germs can spread when someone sick coughs or sneezes germs onto people around them or onto surfaces that someone else may touch, like a door knob. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze and then throw the tissue away in a waste basket. Don’t have a tissue? Cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve, not your hands.
2. Whether you are at home, work or school, you can help yourself stay well by washing your hands with soap and water. Soap up your hands and while washing your hands slowly count to twenty: really, really wash your hands well.
According to the CDC you can also clean your hands using a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent alcohol but they recommend good ol’ soap and water because hand sanitizers don’t remove soil and other material that might be on your hands.
3. If you are diagnosed with the flu, seasonal or swine, stay home from work or school, no one wants your illness! And please, don’t return until you have been symptom-free for 24-hours.
The CDC has a flyer you can download on your computer and place in your shop to remind employees and customers how to help you keep everyone in the shop healthy and safe. To download the “Cover your Cough” flyer in English, Spanish or Vietnamese
www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/covercough.htm.
The news of the first mobile barber shop is still ringing throughout the barbering and cosmetology industries and questions about the rules are making their way into the Department’s Customer Service and Compliance divisions. Margie Weaver (MW) and Elizabeth Perez (EP), program specialists for the Barbering and Cosmetology industries, took time to sit down and answer a few of the frequently asked questions regarding mobile units.
Q. Can a barber or cosmetology operator working out of a mobile shop or salon provide services inside a person’s home?
MW: No. The rules don’t allow services to be performed outside the mobile shop or salon. The mobile unit has hot and cold running water, a restroom and is completely self-contained. In other words, all services can and must be performed in the mobile unit.
EP: Also, the mobile unit must not be moving while services are being performed. Someone can’t be driving the vehicle, it must be at a complete standstill and parked for services to be provided.
Q. Speaking of the mobile shop or salon moving, how can it be inspected if it is changing location all the time?
EP: There are two ways TDLR can determine where the unit is. First, the unit can be equipped with a Global Positioning System. TDLR can track the unit’s signal and go to the location indicated by the GPS system.
MW: That’s the high tech way. Owners of mobile shops or salons can also submit a weekly itinerary. This itinerary has to be filed with TDLR at least 7 days before the first day on the schedule; for instance if your first day on the road is Tuesday you must file your schedule at least seven days before that which would make it on a Monday.
EP: If our inspectors go to the location the itinerary sets out and the unit isn’t where it is suppose to be a violation will be written.
Q. What equipment has to be included in the mobile unit? Is it different from a regular “fixed location” salon or shop?
MW: The mobile cosmetology salon or barber shop has to have the same equipment as the “fixed location” business. For instance, the mobile barber shop has to have the same equipment as the barber shop on the corner. When we eventually get a mobile nail salon it will require the same equipment as the nail salon at a fixed address.
EP: There are a few additional requirements for mobile shops or salons. They must:
If you have a question TDLR program specialists can answer about mobile units email the question to barbers@license.state.tx.us or cosmetologists@license.state.tx.us.
Barbers 13,020
Barber manicurists 391
Barber technicians 19
Barber hair braiding specialist 84
Barber hair weaving specialist 1
Barber shops 5,002
Mobile barber shop 2
Barber manicure shops 115
Barber hair braiding shops 4
Barber hair weaving shops 4
Dual shop/salon 704*
Barber instructors 152
Students 2,062
Schools 38
Class A Barber booth rentals 3,919
Barber manicure booth rentals 3
Barber technician booth rental 1
Barber hair braiding booth rentals 6
Barber hair weaving booth rentals 1
* Dual number also listed in cosmetology statistics
Operators 106,489
Manicurists 32,708
Facial specialists 13,444
Hair Weavers 183
Hair Braiders 731
Shampoo specialists 149
Wig specialists 19
Shampoo apprentices 11,771
Operator instructors 4,102
Manicure instructors 44
Facial instructors 92
Wig instructors 3
Students 24,369
Schools 389
Salons 20,745
Manicure salons 1,241
Facial salons 584
Facial/manicure salons 3,884
Hair braiding/weaving salons 143
Wig salons 37
Dual shop/salon 704*
Cos. Operator booth rentals 28,395
Cos. manicure booth rentals – 12,609
Cos. facialist booth rentals – 1,003
Cos. hair braiding booth rentals – 58
Cos. hair weaving booth rentals – 36*
*Dual number also listed in barber statistics
Texas Barber & Cosmetology News
(512) 463-6599 or 1-800-803-9202
www.license.state.tx.us
COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM
P.O. Box 12088 Austin, Texas 78711
cs.cosmetologists@license.state.tx.us
Cosmetology Advisory Board:
Clive Lamb, Presiding Officer
Kerin Haney, Vice Presiding Officer
Diane Salazar
Glenda Jemison
Allison Leigh Kincy
BARBER PROGRAM
P.O. Box 13489 Austin, Texas 78711
cs.barbers@license.state.tx.us
Barber Advisory Board:
Linda G. Connor, Presiding Officer
Dean Hudson, Jr, Vice Presiding Officer
Ronald Brown,
Joseph B. Grondin,
Vacancy
Commissioners:
Frank Denton, Chair
LuAnn Roberts Morgan, Vice Chair
Mike Arismendez,
Lewis Benavides,
Lilian Norman-Keeney,
Fred N. Moses,
Deborah Yurco,
William Kuntz, Exec. Director
