The short answer
| Group | Jurisdictions |
|---|---|
| Log required, board publishes a form (6) | Texas (the only state whose rule mandates its form), California, Washington, Georgia, North Carolina, Maine |
| Log required by rule, no form (8) | Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, Montana, New Hampshire, Iowa, District of Columbia |
| Cleaning required, no record (37) | Every other state |
No state anywhere says the record must be paper, and none forbids an electronic one. Every state that requires a record says it must be shown on request to an inspector, and most say to a client too.
The 14 jurisdictions that require a written record
| State | Rule | Cleanings the rule sets | What the record shows | Kept | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 16 TAC §83.108 (TDLR) | After each client; end of day; every two weeks; “not used” days | Date, time, which cleaning, full name, per chair | 60 days, at the shop, shown to a client or TDLR on request | Yes, and mandatory: BAC-FI-004 (whirlpool), BAC-FI-003 (non-whirlpool), EN/ES/VI |
| California | 16 CCR §§980.1–980.4 (Board of Barbering and Cosmetology) | After each client; end of day; weekly (whirlpool and pipe-less); basins and liners after each client only | Date, time, initials, which cleaning; “not in service” notation; one log per unit | No period named; shown to a client or Board representative on request | BBC 14, EN/ES/VI (a template, not mandated) |
| Washington | WAC 308-20-110(10) (Department of Licensing) | After each client; nightly for circulating spas | Date and time, made at the time of cleaning | No period named; shown on request | BC-638-005, five languages in one PDF (template) |
| Georgia | Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 240-4-.04(4)(d) (State Board of Cosmetology and Barbers) | After each client; end of day; weekly (“should”) | Date and time | No period named; kept in the pedicure area | SOS form 28 (template) |
| North Carolina | 21 NCAC 14H .0403(r) (Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners) | After each patron; end of each day | Date, time, reason, staff member’s name; one record per footspa | At least 90 days; shown to a patron or inspector | Footspa Sanitation Form (template) |
| Maine | 02-041 CMR Ch. 26, §§26.270–26.282 (Barbering and Cosmetology Licensing Program) | After each client; end of day; bi-weekly; no-service days | Date, time, initials, daily or bi-weekly; removal from service | One year from the last entry | The Board’s sample “Pedicure Equipment Cleaning and Disinfecting Log” (template) |
| Florida | Fla. Admin. Code R. 61G5-20.002(3)(g)4 (Board of Cosmetology, DBPR) | After each client; end of day; weekly bleach clean after the end-of-day steps | Date and time of each cleaning | No period named; kept in the pedicure area; shown to a consumer or inspector | None |
| Illinois | 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1175.115(c)(4) (IDFPR) | After each client; end of every day; weekly with bleach left overnight | Date and time of the weekly cleaning; separate weekly and daily logs, which may share one document | Last 90 days, readily accessible; shown to a client or inspector | None |
| Mississippi | 30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2101, R. 11.7 (State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering) | After each client; end of day; weekly | Date and time | Six months in the proposed permanent rule | None |
| New Mexico | 16.34.7.9(A)(38) NMAC (Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists) | Between clients; end of day; weekly deep disinfection | Signature, license number, time, date, and the name of the disinfectant | 12 months, on the premises | None |
| Montana | Mont. Admin. R. 24.121.1511(7) (Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists) | After each use; flushed “on a regular basis”, no interval named | “Detailed cleaning documentation” | No period named | None |
| New Hampshire | N.H. Admin. Code Bar 302.05(t)-(u) (Board of Barbering, Cosmetology and Esthetics) | After each patron; end of each day; weekly | Date and time of each cleaning, and whether daily or weekly | No period named; shown on request | None |
| Iowa | Iowa Admin. Code r. 481-943.24(3) (Board of Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences) | After each client; removable parts of circulating units at end of day | Signed by a licensee, with the license number beside each entry | Two years | None |
| District of Columbia | 25-E DCMR §502.8 (DC Health) | After each client; end of day with a 6 to 10 hour soak; weekly | Dates and times of all cleaning and disinfection | Three years, at the facility (§212.9); kept in the pedicure area | None (the Department publishes an inspection checklist) |
Each state name opens its page, with the rule beside the record ReadyPedi prints for it. How long each record is kept, and where, has a guide of its own: how long to keep foot spa cleaning records, by state.
The 37 states that require the cleaning but no record
In these states the rule tells you how and when to clean the foot spa, and inspectors check the procedure, the disinfectant and the equipment, not a log. Nothing stops a salon from keeping one; no state forbids it, and a dated record is the simplest proof that the cleaning happened. But the rule does not ask for it, and this page does not say otherwise.
| State | Rule | Cleaning the rule asks for |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Ala. Admin. Code r. 250-X-3-.02(30) | Prior to each use |
| Alaska | 18 AAC 23.240(a)(1)(C) | After use on each client |
| Arizona | A.A.C. R4-10-112(G) | After each client; end of day |
| Arkansas | ADH Rules 6.1(C)(13)(d) | After each client; end of day |
| Colorado | 4 CCR 731-1, Rule 1.7(B)(7) | Before each client |
| Connecticut | CGS §19a-231; DPH salon inspection form and guidelines | After each client (some local health districts recommend records) |
| Delaware | 16 DE Admin Code 4453 §5.1.14 | After each customer |
| Hawaii | No foot-spa rule located (HAR 16-78 defers to the Department of Health) | None named |
| Idaho | IDAPA 24.28.01.200.03.e | Before each use |
| Indiana | 820 IAC 3-1-15(c)(4)–(7) | Non-circulating: before each customer; whirlpool: after each customer; screens daily |
| Kansas | K.A.R. 28-24-9 | Immediately after each service |
| Kentucky | 201 KAR 12:100 §7(1) | After each use |
| Louisiana | LAC 46:XXXI.713(A)(6) | After each service |
| Maryland | COMAR 09.22.02.06B(1) | After each client |
| Massachusetts | 240 CMR 3.03(18)(b) | After each use on a customer |
| Michigan | Mich. Admin. Code R 338.2171a(7), (8) | After each use |
| Minnesota | Minn. R. 2105.0375 subp. 12 | After each service; with liners, end of each business day as well |
| Missouri | 20 CSR 2085-11.020(2)(D) | Generic implement rule; no pedicure-specific schedule |
| Nebraska | 172 NAC 34-014.07 | After every pedicure; end of workday soak for piped units |
| Nevada | NAC 644A.735 | Between clients; nightly |
| New Jersey | N.J.A.C. 13:28-3.2(c) | Between clients; end of day |
| New York | 19 NYCRR §160.18(a)(7) | After each client (disinfectant invoices kept two years, not a cleaning log) |
| North Dakota | N.D. Admin. Code 32-02-01-11(11) | After each use |
| Ohio | OAC 4713-15-15(B) | After each use |
| Oklahoma | OAC 175:10-7-30(a), (b) | Prior to each use |
| Oregon | OAR 817-010-0101(5) | After each client |
| Pennsylvania | 49 Pa. Code §7.92 | Immediately after each use (generic) |
| Rhode Island | 216-RICR-40-05-4 | Rule silent on foot spa basins |
| South Carolina | S.C. Code Regs. 35-20(J)(4) | After each client; end of day |
| South Dakota | ARSD 20:42 | Immediately after each client |
| Tennessee | Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0440-02-.13(5), (10) | After each service |
| Utah | R392-702-8(4)–(7) (local health departments enforce) | Before each client; end of day for whirlpools |
| Vermont | OPR Rule 13-1(j)–(k) | Before each client; screens at end of day |
| Virginia | 18VAC41-20-270(B)(7) | Immediately after each client |
| West Virginia | 3CSR5 §3-5-5 | Prior to use; drained after each use |
| Wisconsin | Wis. Admin. Code Cos 4.01 | After each client (generic) |
| Wyoming | Rules Ch. 10 §10-7 | After each client |
Which boards publish a form, and whether you have to use it
Only Texas mandates its form: §83.108 says “department-approved form”, and TDLR publishes two (whirlpool and non-whirlpool), in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. California, Washington, Georgia, North Carolina and Maine publish a log form the rule does not name; a salon may use it or any record that holds what the rule asks for, and inspectors know the board’s own. The eight no-form jurisdictions leave the layout to the salon: the rule says what the record must show (at minimum the date and time of each cleaning), not what it looks like.
Paper or electronic
Not one of the fourteen rules says paper, and not one forbids an electronic record. The words are “available on request” (Texas, California, North Carolina, Illinois, Washington, New Hampshire, Iowa), “kept in the pedicure area” (Florida, Georgia, DC) or “on the premises” (New Mexico). A tablet at the station or a tech’s phone that can show and print the record meets the first; for the second, a device at the station does, and a printout near the chairs removes any argument.
Rules in motion (checked October 23, 2026)
- New Hampshire: a proposed Bar 800 would consolidate the shop rules with no record requirement; harmless while Bar 302.05(t) stands. Comments close 2026-10-26.
- Mississippi: Rule 11.7 is in force as a temporary renewal; the permanent rule (filing 28811) adds six-month retention. Re-read by 2026-12-17.
- Florida: 61G5-20.004 (signage) in rule development since 2026-03-23, no text.
- Texas: TDLR’s four-year review of Chapter 83 noticed 2026-06-19; nothing proposed.
- Alabama’s rewrite of rule 250-X-3-.02(30) is in force (“prior to each use”); Wisconsin, Colorado, Michigan and Indiana have rewrites or amendments noted in the research watchlist. None adds a record requirement as of October 2026.
Where ReadyPedi fits
ReadyPedi is built for the fourteen record jurisdictions, with each state’s own rule, schedule and form, or a generated record citing the rule where there is none; every state’s status is on the states index. Salons in the other 37 can ask for their state on the signup page’s request line; the product is not marketed there, and this page makes no claim that a record is required where it is not.
Frequently asked questions
Does my state require a pedicure foot spa cleaning log?
If it is one of Texas, California, Washington, Georgia, North Carolina, Maine, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, Montana, New Hampshire, Iowa or the District of Columbia, yes. In every other state the rule requires the cleaning but not a record.
Which states have an official foot spa log form?
Texas (mandatory), California, Washington, Georgia, North Carolina and Maine (templates). The other eight record jurisdictions publish none.
Can I keep the log on a tablet or phone?
No state’s rule says paper, and none forbids an electronic record. The rules say the record is shown on request, kept in the pedicure area, or kept on the premises; a device that shows and prints the record meets those.
Is the cleaning schedule the same everywhere?
No. After each client is universal. End of day is in most record states. The deep clean is weekly in eight (CA, GA, FL, IL, MS, NM, NH, DC), every two weeks in two (TX, ME), and not set in four (WA, NC, MT, IA).
How long do I keep the record?
It ranges from 60 days in Texas to three years in DC, and six states name no period. The full table is in our guide on how long to keep foot spa cleaning records, by state.
This guide summarizes state foot-spa cleaning log rules in plain language and is not legal advice. Each state board’s rules are the authority on that state’s requirements; every row above links to its source.