Vermont salon inspections
Vermont salon inspection checklist
The Vermont Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) inspects Vermont salons against the state's sanitation rules. A new salon is inspected before it may open, and inspected again once it is running. Below are the 20 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
- OPR
- Before opening
- Inspected first
- Rules on this list
- 20
- Official form
- Published
- Foot spa log
- Not stated
- MMA nail liquid
- Banned
Read from the official sources on October 19, 2026.The full rules Vermont salon license
How it works
How Vermont inspects salons
Inspections are done by the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation (OPR). A new salon is inspected before it may open or before its license is issued, so have everything below in place before you book it.
Office inspectors may visit shops, announced or unannounced, during regular business hours.
“All premises, shops, schools, or facilities licensed by the Office, and all sites where services licensed under these rules are provided, shall be open to announced or unannounced visits by Office inspectors during regular business hours.”
The checklist
What Vermont 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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Vermont 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.Licenses must be conspicuously displayed.
The disinfectant
What the disinfectant must be, how it is mixed and how often it is changed.
2.Use a disinfectant solution that is EPA registered, hospital grade and tuberculocidal.
3.Clean and disinfect wax pots with an EPA-registered, hospital-grade, tuberculocidal disinfectant, with no sticks left standing in the wax at any time.Skin and waxing
Cleaning tools between clients
How combs, shears, nippers and other reusable tools are cleaned and disinfected after each client.
4.Clean, sanitize or sterilize tools, implements, linens and multi-use articles before using them on each client.
5.Sanitize clippies, curlers, bobby pins and hairpins after each use.Hair services
6.Completely immerse nail instruments in an EPA-registered, hospital-grade disinfectant for ten (10) minutes after each use.Nail services
Storing clean and used tools
Clean tools kept covered and apart from used ones, so nothing dirty touches the next client.
7.Remove soiled implements from work station tops right after use and put them in a cleanable, impervious container.
8.Do not keep undisinfected items such as pens, pencils, money, paper and mail in the same container or cabinet as disinfected articles.
9.Store sanitized tools, implements, linens and equipment in a sanitary enclosed cabinet or covered receptacle.
Single-use items
What must be thrown away after one client because it cannot be disinfected.
10.Use single-use, disposable articles whenever possible, and disinfect any non-disposable article after each use.
11.Use single-use, disposable sticks for waxing.Skin and waxing
Water, sinks and restroom
Hot and cold running water, sinks and a restroom with a place to wash hands.
12.Keep liquid soap and clean, individual towels available to clients.
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 disinfect pedicure equipment that holds water, such as whirlpools, foot baths and basins, before each client.Pedicures
14.Clean pedicure equipment screens at the end of each day and after the last client.Pedicures
Banned products and tools
Products, tools and practices the state's rules forbid outright.
15.Do not keep cosmetic products containing FDA-banned hazardous substances on the premises, including liquid methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer.
16.Multi-use articles, tools or products that cannot be cleaned or sanitized are prohibited.
The premises
Floors, walls, light, air, waste bins and keeping living space and food out of the work area.
17.Keep the work area floor clean and free of hair, dropped articles, spills and electrical cords.
18.Keep the shop sufficiently ventilated to exhaust hazardous or objectionable airborne chemicals.
First aid and safety
A first aid kit, what to do after a cut or blood exposure, and other safety rules.
19.Keep a binder of Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for chemical products used in the immediate working area.
20.Put disposable items contaminated with blood or body fluid in a sealed plastic bag per Vermont Department of Health guidance, and remove them from the premises at least daily.
Questions
Vermont salon inspections, answered
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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
Pass the inspection, then fill the chairs
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