The short answer
| Schedule | When | Which units | What it involves |
|---|---|---|---|
| After each client | Between every client | Every unit that holds water: sinks, bowls, basins, pipe-less spas, whirlpool spas | Clean with a low-foaming soap or detergent and water until no visible debris remains, then disinfect with an EPA registered hospital grade disinfectant, per its label, for at least ten minutes. On a pipe-free spa with a foot plate, take the plate off and clean under it |
| End of each day of use | Closing, on every unit that had a client that day | Every unit | Filter screens and removable parts disinfected and the system flushed with warm water and soap for five minutes; then the basin filled with disinfectant, circulated ten minutes, left in the basin at least six to ten hours, and drained and flushed before the next use |
| Once each week | After that night’s end-of-day procedure | Every unit | A solution of one teaspoon of 5.25% bleach per gallon of water, circulated five to ten minutes, left to sit at least six hours, drained and flushed before use |
Each is its own row in the record. On the weekly night the record shows both the End of Day row and the Weekly row.
Which equipment the schedules cover
The rule opens with its scope: “any pedicure equipment that holds water, including sinks, bowls, basins, pipe-less spas, and whirlpool spas”. There is no shorter schedule for a bowl without jets. The rule gives one set of procedures for all of it and makes no exception, and the words “liner” and “disposable” do not appear anywhere in it, so a disposable liner does not take a bowl off the schedule either. ReadyPedi sets each Florida unit as Whirlpool, Pipe-less or Basin, and every one of them takes all three procedures. What the end-of-day and weekly steps look like on a bowl that has no pump is in our guide to how to clean a pedicure foot spa in Florida.
After each client
The one that happens all day. The rule’s words: “After each client, all pedicure units must be cleaned with a low-foaming soap or detergent with water to remove all visible debris, then disinfected with an EPA registered hospital grade bactericidal, fungicidal, virucidal, and pseudomonacidal disinfectant used according to manufacturers’ instructions for at least ten (10) minutes.” On a pipe-free spa with a foot plate, the plate comes off and the area beneath it is cleaned, rinsed and wiped dry. The ten minutes is contact time with the disinfectant, not the length of the whole job. Every one of these is a row, After Each Client, with its own time. The steps in order are in the procedure guide linked above.
End of each day of use
Two words in the rule’s heading matter. “Each day”: this is in addition to the after-client cleanings, not instead of the last one; the last client’s row is written, and then the end-of-day procedure is its own row. “Of use”: a unit that had no client that day owes no end-of-day procedure, and the rule asks for no note saying the unit sat idle. (Texas asks for a Not Used row; Florida does not, and ReadyPedi’s Florida record has no such row. The unit’s sheet is simply empty for that day.)
What the procedure involves: the filter screens and removable parts are disinfected and the system is flushed with warm water and low-foaming soap for five minutes; then the basin is filled with clean water and disinfectant, the solution is circulated through the system for ten minutes and the unit turned off, the solution stays in the basin for at least six to ten hours, and before the unit is used again it is drained and flushed with clean water. In practice the unit sits overnight.
Once each week
The rule’s words: “Once each week, subsequent to completing the required end-of-day cleaning procedures, the basin must be filled with a solution of water containing one teaspoon of 5.25% bleach for each gallon of water. The solution must be circulated through the spa system for 5 to 10 minutes and then the solution must sit in the basin for at least 6 hours. Before use, the system must be drained and flushed.”
Three things to notice. It is bleach, at a stated strength and a stated measure, not the hospital-grade product the other two procedures use; you need to know how many gallons the basin holds. It sits at least six hours, so it is an overnight job on a night the shop is closed the next morning long enough. And it comes “subsequent to completing the required end-of-day cleaning procedures”: the end of day first, then the weekly.
“Once each week” is all the rule says about the interval; it does not define the week. Pick a fixed night and keep to it. A record that shows the Weekly row at regular seven-day intervals reads as a routine; one where the weekly drifts from Monday to Thursday to the following Tuesday reads as improvised, even if every calendar week has one.
The weekly night has two rows
This is the point Florida owners get wrong most often, especially ones who ran a shop in Texas, where the two-week soak takes the place of that night’s End of Day row. In Florida the weekly does not replace the end of day. The rule makes the end-of-day procedure a condition of the weekly (“subsequent to completing the required end-of-day cleaning procedures”), so both are done, one after the other, and the record holds “the dates and times of all pedicure cleaning and disinfection procedures”. Two procedures, two times, two rows: End of Day, then Weekly.
ReadyPedi logs it that way. A Weekly row does not close the day; the app still expects that night’s End of Day, and the screen says so if a tech tries to log the Weekly as the deep clean on its own: “A Weekly cleaning is its own entry in Florida, logged after the End of Day.” Both rows print on the record.
The rule orders the two procedures and gives each a soak (at least six to ten hours for the end-of-day disinfectant, at least six hours for the bleach), and it does not say how a salon fits both into one night. This guide says what the rule says: do the end-of-day procedure, then the weekly, in that order, and write each row when its procedure is done. The procedure guide linked above has the steps.
If you ran a shop in Texas
Four differences. Texas asks for its deep clean every two weeks; Florida asks for it every week. In Texas the two-week soak stands in for that night’s End of Day row; in Florida the weekly comes after the end of day, and both rows are written. Texas has a Not Used row for an idle day; Florida’s rule asks for nothing on an idle day. Texas mandates its form; Florida has none, so the record is whatever sheet holds the dates and times (our guide to the printable Florida pedicure cleaning log).
Where it is logged
All three schedules go in the same record: the dates and times of every procedure, kept in the pedicure area and shown on request to a consumer or a Department inspector. There is no state form; the printable-log guide linked above covers what the record must show and offers a blank. ReadyPedi logs each cleaning at the chair in three taps, with the time stamped and the tech’s name beside it, and prints the record for any unit and any month. The rule next to the app is on the Florida page.
Frequently asked questions
Does the weekly cleaning replace that day’s end-of-day cleaning?
No. The rule puts the weekly “subsequent to completing the required end-of-day cleaning procedures”, so the end of day is done first and the weekly after it, and the record shows both: an End of Day row, then a Weekly row.
Do I have to do the end-of-day and weekly clean on a plain pedicure bowl with no jets?
The rule covers “any pedicure equipment that holds water”, naming sinks, bowls and basins in the same sentence as pipe-less and whirlpool spas, and gives all of them the same three procedures. Our guide to how to clean a pedicure foot spa in Florida explains what the steps look like on a bowl with no pump.
What if a chair had no clients today?
The end-of-day procedure is for “each day of use”, so a unit with no clients owes none, and the rule asks for no note. That unit’s record is simply empty for the day. Write “no clients” in the margin if you like; the rule neither asks for it nor forbids it.
How long does the weekly bleach solution sit?
At least six hours, after circulating for five to ten minutes, and the system is drained and flushed before the unit is used again.
Does “once each week” mean any day of the calendar week?
The rule says “once each week” and does not define it. Pick a fixed night and keep to it, so the record shows the Weekly row at regular intervals.
This guide explains Florida’s pedicure equipment cleaning schedules in plain language and is not legal advice. The Florida Board of Cosmetology’s rules are the authority on Florida pedicure equipment cleaning and recordkeeping requirements.