California LawQuestion 95 of 100
During a pedicure your client asks you to shave down her thick heel callus with a credo blade, and then to wax her upper lip while the polish dries. How should you respond?
a.Do both, since a manicurist license covers the hands, the feet and the skin
b.Do the lip wax because it is a simple skin service, but refuse the blade
c.Decline both, explain that a manicurist may not cut living tissue and may not perform skin services beyond the hands and arms to the elbow and the feet and legs to the knee, smooth the callus with a foot file, and refer her elsewhere
d.Do both if she signs a waiver accepting the risk
Explanation
A manicurist's scope is caring for the nails of the hands and feet plus cleansing, massaging and beautifying the hands and arms up to the elbow and the feet and legs up to the knee, so facial waxing is outside that scope. Razor-type callus shavers are prohibited because cutting living skin is not permitted; reduce callus with a foot file and send severe callus to a podiatrist. A client waiver cannot give you authority the license does not grant, and the lip wax is not legal simply because it seems minor.
Law Reference: CA Business & Professions Code §7320Practice all 100 questions free — no signup required.
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