Please note: Templates designed for record keeping in a Personal Service Settings (e.g. Client Records, Disinfectant Records, etc.) can be found in the Forms section of our website.
If you have any questions, please contact a Public Health Inspector by calling 519-258-2146 ext. 4475.
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) routinely inspects all personal service settings.
These settings include:
Ontario Regulation 136/18 Personal Service Settings requires that WECHU regularly inspect and respond to complaints regarding infection prevention and also provide education to owners/operators and staff about safe practices that reduce the risk of transmitting infections to clients and staff during the delivery of personal settings.
Inspection reports are available for all inspected Personal Service Setting premises in Windsor-Essex County and can be found on our online inspection disclosure website.
If you have any questions or concerns about a personal service setting in Windsor-Essex County, please call the Environmental Health Hotline at 519-258-2146 ext. 4475 to speak with a Public Health Inspector.
If you are organizing OR participating in a special event, convention, trade show, expo, show or fair that offers the following personal services on site, an application form must be filled out to inform the WECHU of the event details.
If you have any questions or concerns about a personal service setting in Windsor-Essex County, please call the Environmental Health Hotline at 519-258-2146 ext. 4475 to speak with a Public Health Inspector.
An online training course for owners/operators and staff of personal service settings is available free of charge on our e-learning website. The course is available in both English and Vietnamese. To learn more about the course, please visit our classes and clinics page.
Currently, there are no health regulations that can be enforced related to floatation tanks in Ontario. However, there are many important recommendations that owners/operators of floatation tanks should follow to ensure that health risks to their clients are minimized.
Infection prevention and control precautions must be followed at hair salons and barber shops to protect the operators and clients from blood borne infections such as HIV, Hepatitis B and C. Hepatitis B vaccination is strongly recommended for personal service workers.
Facials can be invasive procedures that involve a risk of exposure to blood or body fluids, especially when the procedure involves extractions.
Services that break the skin, such as ear piercing, tattooing and micropigmentation, are risk factors for blood-borne infections such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV. Infection control precautions must be followed to protect both personal service workers and clients.
Body piercing is a risk factor for the transmission of blood-borne infections such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV. Infection prevention and control precautions must be followed to protect both personal service workers and clients.