Alaska salon inspections
Alaska salon inspection checklist
The Alaska Board of Barbers and Hairdressers inspects Alaska salons against the state's sanitation rules. Below are the 19 rules an inspector checks, from the state's own rules and inspection pages, each beside the rule's own words. Tick them off as you get ready, filter by the services you offer, and print the list.
- Inspected by
- Alaska Board of Barbers and Hairdressers
- Before opening
- Not stated
- Rules on this list
- 19
- Official form
- None found
- Foot spa log
- Not stated
- MMA nail liquid
- Not stated
Read from the official sources on October 19, 2026.The full rules Alaska salon license
How it works
How Alaska inspects salons
Inspections are done by the Alaska Board of Barbers and Hairdressers.
Board members or department representatives may inspect a shop at any time during working hours, and the inspection is recorded on a board-approved form.
“shall permit any member of the board or department representative to inspect the shop at any time during working hours”
We found no inspection form published by the Alaska Board of Barbers and Hairdressers, so this checklist is built from the state's rules themselves.
The checklist
What Alaska inspectors check
Every rule below is from the state's own rules, beside its own words. An inspector can check anything in the rules, so read them in full once before you open.
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Alaska salon inspection checklist
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Other required postings
Some states also want their rules, a consumer notice or the last inspection report on the wall.
1.Post the most recent inspection report in a conspicuous place where employees and the public can see it.
2.Provide an area all employees and apprentices can reach for posting announcements and public notices from the board or the department.
The disinfectant
What the disinfectant must be, how it is mixed and how often it is changed.
3.Use only sanitizers registered with the state, as the rules require.
Cleaning tools between clients
How combs, shears, nippers and other reusable tools are cleaned and disinfected after each client.
4.Clean and sanitize every reusable tool and instrument after each client.
Storing clean and used tools
Clean tools kept covered and apart from used ones, so nothing dirty touches the next client.
5.Provide drawers or cabinets with doors to store clean linen and cleaned, sanitized equipment.
Single-use items
What must be thrown away after one client because it cannot be disinfected.
6.Never use a single-use or disposable article on more than one client. Put it in a covered trash container right after use.
7.If you use neck strips, they must be single-use.
Towels, capes and linens
Clean towels stored closed, used ones in a covered container until laundered.
8.Put used towels in a closed container and do not reuse them until laundered, either commercially or in a washing machine using water of at least 140° F.
9.Store clean towels in closed cabinets.
10.Keep separate, covered containers for dirty linen and for waste.
Water, sinks and restroom
Hot and cold running water, sinks and a restroom with a place to wash hands.
11.Provide hot and cold running water under pressure, mixed to between 100 and 120° F by a mixing valve or combination faucet.
12.Have at least one client toilet and handsink in a toilet room, installed, maintained and kept clean.
Pedicure equipment
How foot spas and pedicure basins are cleaned after each client and at the end of the day, and the log some states require.
13.Clean and sanitize the foot spa or pedicure bath after every client.Pedicures
Banned products and tools
Products, tools and practices the state's rules forbid outright.
14.Do not use razor-edged tools designed to remove calluses.
15.Do not use shaving brushes, shaving mugs, alum, powder puffs or sponges unless they are single-use.
16.Do not use any product that the FDA has banned or restricted.
17.No animals are allowed in the shop, except fish in aquariums or bowls, a police patrol dog or a service animal.
The premises
Floors, walls, light, air, waste bins and keeping living space and food out of the work area.
18.Do not use carpet in a procedure area, except in a manicuring area.
19.Provide at least 50 footcandles of light at the task level where services are performed.
Questions
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Plan the rest
Get the rest of the salon ready
- Every step to opening a salon, as a checklist for your state
- The salon license, fees and who must be licensed
- Which services and products the state taxes, and the sales tax permit
- What it costs to open a salon, line by line
- A client intake and consultation form
- A cancellation and no-show policy
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