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Reviewed November 5, 2026 · Kentucky · current 201 KAR 12:100, Section 17. When a licensee or client is injured during a service and blood is present, the regulation says the service shall stop immediately. The remaining steps differ depending on who is injured and require gloves, cleaning, handwashing, disposal, and disinfection controls.
The station response card
- Stop: stop the service immediately when blood is present.
- Protect: follow the rule’s glove and handwashing sequence; avoid bare-hand contact.
- Clean the affected area: use clean running water when possible and follow the client-versus-licensee branch in Section 17.
- Control the station: clean blood from the workstation or client as the rule directs.
- Dispose: at service completion, immediately discard disposable items.
- Clean and disinfect: thoroughly clean and disinfect nonporous items; use manufacturer-label concentration and full contact time under the same regulation.
- Restart only after the control passes: the responsible licensee or facility must verify the person, surface, implements, and service state.
Important limits
This card is a plain-language reading of the cited Kentucky rule. It is not medical diagnosis or treatment guidance, does not replace workplace-safety duties or an exposure-control plan, and does not decide whether emergency care, medical evaluation, incident reporting, workers’ compensation, or another legal requirement applies. Pause for emergency services, a medical professional, the facility owner, the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology, or another responsible authority when the injury, exposure, contamination, or required next step is uncertain.
Privacy-minimized evidence
A training or quality record can preserve the date/time, station, response-step completion, responsible role, items removed, disinfection verification, restart authorization, and escalation route without publishing the client’s identity or health details.
Official source
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