The California Department of Public Health announced that counties that have attested to meeting the criteria for accelerated re-opening may reopen hair salons and barbershops with modifications.
Permitted activities include services that can be provided with both the worker and customer wearing face coverings throughout the service. These include haircuts, hair coloring, blowouts, weaves and extensions, braiding, lock maintenance, wig maintenance and hair relaxing treatments.
Salon activities that cannot be done with face coverings on both the worker and client – or that require touching the client’s face – such as shaving, facial waxing, threading, eyelash services and facials – remain prohibited at this time in all counties. Likewise, nail salons remain closed.
“COVID-19 is still present in our communities and we are still at risk,” said Dr. Sonia Angell, State Public Health Officer and Director of the California Department of Public Health. “As we venture outside our homes, it is critically important to keep physical distance, wear face coverings in public, and wash hands frequently to help protect yourself and those around you.”
Under the new guidance to reopen, salons and barbers must:
• Implement measures to ensure physical distancing of at least six feet between and among workers and customers, except when providing haircutting and other close contact services
• Provide temperature and/or symptom screenings for all workers at the beginning of their shift and any vendors, contractors, or other workers entering the establishment
• Encourage workers and customers who are sick or exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 to stay home
• Screen customers upon arrival and be prepared to cancel or reschedule customers who indicate they have any signs of illness
• Require workers and customers to use face coverings during the entire haircutting and other close contact hair services
More information about the state’s COVID-19 guidance is on the California Department of Public Health’s Guidance web page. For more information about reopening California and what individuals can do to prevent the spread of COVID-19, visit https://www.cdph.ca.gov.
