The short answer
There is no IDFPR pedicure log form. The rule, 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1175.115(c), says what the record must contain and how long it is kept; it does not say what the sheet looks like, and the Department has not published one. The only IDFPR form that touches the subject is its Salon/Shop Annual Self-Inspection Form, a checklist that restates the cleaning procedure and the ninety-day record rule. So an Illinois shop keeps a sheet of its own making, and the test of that sheet is whether it shows what (c)(4) asks for.
| The rule says (1175.115(c)(4)) | On the sheet |
|---|---|
| “a record of the date and time of the weekly cleaning and disinfecting” | A Date column and a Time column, one row per weekly cleaning |
| “Separate logs for weekly and daily procedures are needed” | Two logs: a weekly log and a daily log, each its own sheet |
| “but may be kept in the same document log” | Both sheets in one binder, folder or printed document |
| “The record for the last 90 days shall be readily accessible” | Ninety days of sheets kept where they can be produced at once |
| “available upon client or inspector request” | Shown to a client or an IDFPR inspector who asks |
The sentence the record comes from
Subsection (c) lists the cleaning procedures (after each client, at the end of every day, once every week), and its last paragraph, (c)(4), is the whole of the record rule:
Make a record of the date and time of the weekly cleaning and disinfecting. The record for the last 90 days shall be readily accessible and available upon client or inspector request. Separate logs for weekly and daily procedures are needed but may be kept in the same document log.
Three sentences: what is recorded (the date and time of the weekly cleaning), how long (the last ninety days), who sees it (a client or an inspector who asks), and the shape (separate logs for the weekly and the daily procedures, in one document if you like). That text has not changed since November 7, 2014. ReadyPedi prints those three sentences at the top of every page of its Illinois record.
Two logs, one document
The rule’s verb is “needed”: separate logs for the weekly and the daily procedures are needed, and they “may be kept in the same document log”. Read plainly, the weekly cleanings and the daily cleanings are not mixed on one list; each has its own log, and the two can sit together in one binder or one printout. The weekly log is the one the rule names fields for. The daily log is referenced and required, but the rule does not say what goes in it or which of the daily procedures it covers.
The safe reading, and the one ReadyPedi builds, is that the daily log holds the daily procedures the rule lists: the end-of-day cleaning at (c)(2), and the after-client cleaning at (c)(1), which also happens every day. The research behind the app reads the end-of-day entry as the one the daily sentence implies, and per-client entries as not required by the rule. Logging the after-client cleanings too costs a tap and leaves no argument about what “daily procedures” meant. A daily log that shows only closing rows is defensible; one that shows every cleaning is complete.
The columns a compliant record needs
The rule names two fields, both for the weekly cleaning. Everything else on a good sheet is there so the sheet can be read, not because 1175.115 demands it.
| Column | Weekly Log | Daily Log | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Required: “the date ... of the weekly cleaning” | Good practice; a daily log with no dates shows nothing | (c)(4) |
| Time | Required: “the date and time of the weekly cleaning” | Good practice, same reason | (c)(4) |
| Which cleaning (After Client or End of Day) | Not needed: every row is a weekly | Good practice; the rule says “daily procedures” without listing them, so the sheet should say which one the row is | (c)(1), (c)(2) |
| Chair or unit | Not named by the rule; good practice, one sheet per chair, so an inspector can tell which spa a row is for | Same | The rule names no unit number |
| Who did it (name or initials) | Not named by the rule; good practice | Same | The rule names no person |
| Disinfectant used | Not named; not needed on the sheet | Same | The rule names no product on the record |
| Shop name and registration number | Not named; a header convenience. Illinois registers salons and shops, so the word is Registration, not License | Same | 1175.125(a)(3), per the app’s profile |
ReadyPedi’s record prints Date, Time and Technician on the Weekly Log, and Date, Time, Cleaning and Technician on the Daily Log, with the chair and month on each sheet’s header line. The Weekly Log has no Cleaning column because every row on it is a weekly.
One sheet per chair, per month
The rule does not say “one log per chair”. It says a record of the weekly cleaning, and each foot spa gets its own weekly cleaning, so a record that cannot say which chair was cleaned on which night is a thin record. Keep one weekly sheet and one daily sheet per chair, per month, and number the chairs the same way every month. ReadyPedi prints the record that way: for any chair and any month, the Weekly Log sheet first (the record the rule names), then the Daily Log sheets. A chair with no weekly cleaning in a month prints no weekly sheet for that month; a blank weekly sheet would look like a form nobody filled in.
Ninety days, readily accessible
“The record for the last 90 days shall be readily accessible and available upon client or inspector request.” Two things in one sentence. Ninety days is the window: at any moment, the last ninety days of both logs exist and can be produced. “Readily accessible” is the condition: not in a storage unit, not on a phone that left with a technician. The rule names no place and does not say paper or electronic. A binder at the desk with the current month on top satisfies it; a tablet that opens the last ninety days and prints both logs satisfies it. What fails is a record that exists somewhere but cannot be shown when asked. ReadyPedi keeps two years of history on every plan, and its Inspection mode opens the last ninety days, ready to hand over. Every state’s period, beside Illinois’s ninety days, is in our guide on how long to keep foot spa cleaning records, by state.
A day with no pedicures
The rule asks for nothing on a day a chair had no clients, and ReadyPedi’s Illinois record has no not-used row and no not-in-service notation, because 1175.115 names neither. On a quiet day the Daily Log for that chair has no rows for that date, and the weekly cadence carries on regardless of how busy the week was.
Download a blank
A blank for a shop that logs on paper. Two sheets: the Weekly Log, one row per weekly cleaning with the date and time the rule asks for and a space for who did it; and the Daily Log, one row per cleaning with the date, time, which cleaning and who. Print one of each per chair per month. The rule’s own three sentences are at the top of each page, with lines for the establishment, its registration number, the chair and the month. It is ReadyPedi’s layout, not an IDFPR form; the Department has none, and the sheet says who made it.
What a missing record costs
68 Ill. Adm. Code 1175.125 lets IDFPR issue citations for violations of the sanitary rules. Paragraph (a)(7) lists “Failure to comply with sanitary rules (Section 1175.115)”; (b) sets a nondisciplinary fee of $100 for a first citation, and (c) a fine of $250 for a second citation issued within twelve months for the same violation, each assessable per violation where several are cited. A missing record is a failure to comply with 1175.115(c)(4). Paying the fee or the fine does not clear the violation; a continuing one can be cited again or taken to discipline. The rule was read on ilga.gov on October 23, 2026.
Keeping the two logs from a log kept at the chair
In ReadyPedi, each chair is set up once as Whirlpool, Pipe-less or Basin. The tech taps After Each Client, End of Day or Weekly at the chair; the date, time and the tech’s name are stamped. A Weekly row goes to the Weekly Log and the other two to the Daily Log, never the same log, and the app still expects that night’s End of Day after a Weekly. Any chair and any month prints as the two-log record with the rule’s sentences on every page and the shop’s registration number in the header. How the schedules run is in our guide to how often to clean a pedicure foot spa in Illinois, and the steps are in how to clean a pedicure foot spa in Illinois; the rule next to the app is on the Illinois page, and a shop can start a free trial today.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an official Illinois pedicure cleaning log form?
No. 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1175.115(c)(4) says what the record must contain and that it is kept ninety days; it names no form, and IDFPR publishes none. The Department’s Salon/Shop Annual Self-Inspection Form restates the rule but is a checklist, not a log.
What does the rule actually require me to write down?
The date and time of the weekly cleaning and disinfecting. That is the only field sentence in the rule. It also says separate logs for the weekly and daily procedures are needed, which may be kept in the same document, without saying what the daily log holds.
Do I log the cleaning after each client?
The rule names the weekly record and a log of the “daily procedures” without saying which. The end-of-day cleaning is the daily entry the rule most clearly implies; logging the after-client cleanings too makes the daily log complete and costs little. ReadyPedi logs both.
Can the weekly and daily logs be on the same sheet?
They can be in the same document; the rule says “separate logs ... may be kept in the same document log”. Keep them as separate lists or sheets inside one binder or printout rather than mixing weekly and daily rows on one list.
How long do I keep the record, and where?
The last ninety days, readily accessible and shown to a client or inspector who asks. The rule names no place and does not say paper or electronic; keep it at the shop where it can be produced at once.
This guide explains Illinois’s foot-spa cleaning record in plain language and is not legal advice. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation’s rules are the authority on Illinois foot-spa cleaning and recordkeeping requirements.