Iowa · Board of Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences · 481 IAC 943.24
Iowa requires a record of every foot spa cleaning, signed with a license number, kept two years. Log it in three taps.
Under 481 IAC 943.24(3), every tub, bowl or spa basin, circulating or not, gets a record of the date and time of its daily cleaning, made at or near the time, signed by a licensee with the license number beside each cleaning, and kept two years. Techs log at the chair. The Board publishes no form, so ReadyPedi prints a record that carries the rule's own words.
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No boxes: the record names each cleaning in words, with the license number beside it. ReadyPedi writes it for the tech.
The rule
What Iowa asks for, in plain words.
481 IAC 943.24 sets how circulating and noncirculating tubs, bowls and spas are cleaned and disinfected and, in subrule (3), how each cleaning is recorded. Here is the record half, next to how ReadyPedi keeps it.
| The rule | ReadyPedi | |
|---|---|---|
| Which units | All circulating and noncirculating tubs, bowls or basins. The end-of-day procedure is written for circulating tubs. The rule does not mention liners. | Set each chair as Whirlpool, Pipe-less or Basin. A Basin offers After Each Client alone. |
| Which cleanings | After use for each client, and at the end of the day for the removable parts of circulating tubs. No weekly step. | After Each Client and End of Day, each a row of its own. Nothing else is offered. |
| What a row shows | The date and time of the daily cleaning and disinfecting, signed by a licensee, with the licensee's license number beside each recorded cleaning event. | The tech picks the cleaning. The date, time, name and license number are stamped for them, and a How recorded column says how the row was made. |
| When it's written | At or near the time of the cleaning and disinfecting. | At the chair, the moment it's done. |
| The license number | Beside each recorded cleaning event. | The roster requires a license number for every Iowa tech, and every row carries it. |
| The record | The rule names no form, and the Board publishes none; the Department's self-inspection checklist restates the rule. | ReadyPedi lays the record out itself: the rule's own sentences on every page, then the date, time, cleaning, technician, license and how recorded, one record per unit, a sheet per month. |
| How long | Two years from the date of the cleaning. | Two years of history on every plan, and Inspection mode opens the last two years. |
| On request | Shown to a client, an inspector or an investigator who asks. | Inspection mode opens it, ready to hand over. |
| Your part | Every row, on time, for every unit. | Three taps at the chair. |
- Which units
- The ruleAll circulating and noncirculating tubs, bowls or basins. The end-of-day procedure is written for circulating tubs. The rule does not mention liners.
- ReadyPediSet each chair as Whirlpool, Pipe-less or Basin. A Basin offers After Each Client alone.
- Which cleanings
- The ruleAfter use for each client, and at the end of the day for the removable parts of circulating tubs. No weekly step.
- ReadyPediAfter Each Client and End of Day, each a row of its own. Nothing else is offered.
- What a row shows
- The ruleThe date and time of the daily cleaning and disinfecting, signed by a licensee, with the licensee's license number beside each recorded cleaning event.
- ReadyPediThe tech picks the cleaning. The date, time, name and license number are stamped for them, and a How recorded column says how the row was made.
- When it's written
- The ruleAt or near the time of the cleaning and disinfecting.
- ReadyPediAt the chair, the moment it's done.
- The license number
- The ruleBeside each recorded cleaning event.
- ReadyPediThe roster requires a license number for every Iowa tech, and every row carries it.
- The record
- The ruleThe rule names no form, and the Board publishes none; the Department's self-inspection checklist restates the rule.
- ReadyPediReadyPedi lays the record out itself: the rule's own sentences on every page, then the date, time, cleaning, technician, license and how recorded, one record per unit, a sheet per month.
- How long
- The ruleTwo years from the date of the cleaning.
- ReadyPediTwo years of history on every plan, and Inspection mode opens the last two years.
- On request
- The ruleShown to a client, an inspector or an investigator who asks.
- ReadyPediInspection mode opens it, ready to hand over.
- Your part
- The ruleEvery row, on time, for every unit.
- ReadyPediThree taps at the chair.
Filling in a row
No boxes. The cleaning, in words.
ReadyPedi's record has no boxes to tick. Each row names the cleaning it records, beside the date, the time, the tech, the license number and how the row was made. These are the two rows.
| When | Cleaning |
|---|---|
| Between clients | After Each Client |
| Closing, the tub had clients | End of Day |
ReadyPedi won't let a tech log an End of Day on a basin without circulation, or a weekly the rule doesn't have.
The record
What the inspector is handed.
A record under the rule's own words, filled in from timestamped rows.
Print any unit and any month. The page carries the rule's sentences, your establishment and license, then every row's date, time, cleaning, technician, license number and how it was recorded. No seal and no form number: it is not the state's document, and it says so.
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Instructions
The Iowa questions we're asked most.
Does a bowl without jets need a record?
Yes. The rule covers circulating and noncirculating tubs, bowls and basins alike, and every one gets the after-client cleaning and its record. Only the end-of-day procedure is written for circulating tubs, so a Basin in ReadyPedi offers After Each Client alone.
The rule says signed by a licensee. Is an app entry a signature?
Every row records who made it and how: picked from the roster on the shop's tablet, PIN-verified, or from the tech's own phone, and the record prints that in its How recorded column beside the license number. Whether the Board reads that as a licensee's signature is the Board's question; ask it before you rely on it.
Why does ReadyPedi insist on a license number for every tech?
Because the rule asks for the licensee's license number beside each recorded cleaning event. The Iowa roster will not save a tech without one, and every row carries it.
How long do I keep the record?
Two years from the date of the cleaning. Every ReadyPedi plan keeps two years of history, and Inspection mode opens the last two years.
Is there a weekly cleaning?
No. The rule has two steps, after each client and at the end of the day, and ReadyPedi offers exactly those two.
Is ReadyPedi part of the Board?
No. ReadyPedi is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Iowa Board of Barbering and Cosmetology Arts and Sciences or the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing. It prints a record under the rule's own words from your log.
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