Nebraska salon inspections
Nebraska salon inspection checklist
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services inspects Nebraska salons against the state's sanitation rules. A new salon is not inspected before it opens, so it has to meet these rules from its first day. Below are the 21 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
- Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
- Before opening
- Not inspected first
- Rules on this list
- 21
- Official form
- Published
- Foot spa log
- Not stated
- MMA nail liquid
- Banned
Read from the official sources on October 19, 2026.The full rules Nebraska salon license
How it works
How Nebraska inspects salons
Inspections are done by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. A new salon is not inspected before it opens; inspections come once it is licensed, so be ready from your first day.
Inspectors may visit a salon at any time during its normal operating hours, without prior notice.
“The salon shall permit any duly authorized agent of the department to conduct an operation inspection or investigation at any time during the normal operating hours of the salon, without prior notice”
The checklist
What Nebraska 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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Nebraska salon inspection checklist
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Licenses on display
The first thing an inspector looks for: the salon's license and every working license, current and where clients can see them.
1.Display your current license and the current licenses of all practitioners who work in the salon in a conspicuous place.
Other required postings
Some states also want their rules, a consumer notice or the last inspection report on the wall.
2.Post the sanitation inspection report where the public can see it.
The disinfectant
What the disinfectant must be, how it is mixed and how often it is changed.
3.Dispose of disinfectant at the end of each day, make fresh disinfectant at the start of each workday, and change it right away if it becomes cloudy or contaminated.
4.Use an EPA-registered disinfectant solution for nail services.Nail services
Cleaning tools between clients
How combs, shears, nippers and other reusable tools are cleaned and disinfected after each client.
5.Keep disinfection containers deep enough to fully immerse implements and tools, and have them available for disinfecting.
6.Wash implements with hot water and soap.
7.For nail services, keep implements in the disinfectant for 10 minutes, with the solution deep enough to cover them.Nail services
Storing clean and used tools
Clean tools kept covered and apart from used ones, so nothing dirty touches the next client.
8.Keep clean implements in a clean enclosed cabinet or a covered container reserved for clean implements.
9.Keep used or soiled implements in a labeled, covered container until they are disinfected.
Single-use items
What must be thrown away after one client because it cannot be disinfected.
10.Throw away used or soiled disposable supplies right away in a closed waste container with a plastic liner.
11.Throw away dry-use implements made of wood or cardboard, and nail drill disposable bands, right after use.
12.Do not re-melt wax used on one client or use it on another client.Skin and waxing
Towels, capes and linens
Clean towels stored closed, used ones in a covered container until laundered.
13.Do not reuse used or soiled towels or linens until they are laundered and dried.
Water, sinks and restroom
Hot and cold running water, sinks and a restroom with a place to wash hands.
14.Have a sink with hot and cold running water.
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.
15.Keep foot spas and footbaths clean and disinfected after each use.Pedicures
Banned products and tools
Products, tools and practices the state's rules forbid outright.
16.Do not use styptic pencils.
17.Do not use nail dusters or hand dusters.
18.Do not have credo blades or products containing methacrylate monomers: either one means an automatic unsatisfactory inspection rating.
The premises
Floors, walls, light, air, waste bins and keeping living space and food out of the work area.
19.Keep floors, walls, ceilings, furniture, fixtures and equipment clean and in good repair.
First aid and safety
A first aid kit, what to do after a cut or blood exposure, and other safety rules.
20.Keep a first aid kit available.
21.Keep safety data sheets for every product used in services and for every disinfectant, accessible to all employees at all times, on paper or electronically.
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
Salon inspection checklists for other states
Ready when you are
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