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A new state board ruling in California effective immediately February 2008 states that the following reasons are grounds for immediate suspension of your license.
A) Pedicure foot spas, basins, or tubs that are not visibly clean;
B) Pedicure foot spas in which debris has been found upon the removal of screens, jets, foot-plates, or impellers;
C) Inadequate cleaning material for the proper disinfection and sanitation of manicuring and/or pedicuring equipment found on-site at the establishment)
D) No pedicure cleaning logs.
E) A history of repeated health and safety violations pertaining to manicuring or pedicuring equipment; or Manicure and/or pedicure implements that are not visibly clean.

The new disciplinary proceedings also state per Title 16, Division 9, and California Code of Regulations in section 73:
"..no Pedicure Cleaning logs will result in an immediate suspension of your license.
The terms and conditions of the probation includes sending monthly copies of your cleaning logs to the board as stated in 973.3 Terms and Conditions of Probation are as follows; A licensee on probation must submit to the board on a monthly basis a report that indicates the following, and is signed under penalty of perjury:
(1) A copy of all pedicure cleaning logs; and

(2) Proof, if any, of completion of board approved remedial training as defined by regulation section 973.4.
(b) An establishment of a licensee that has been placed on probation shall be inspected on a quarterly basis and may be inspected more frequently. The owner of the establishment is responsible for paying all fees required to cover the costs for inspection. The fee for inspection shall be $42 for each workstation at the establishment. A workstation is a pedicure station or a manicure station.

(c) A licensee on probation shall pay all administrative fines. In a case of economic hardship, the licensee may request to have a payment plan established by the board.

Cleary the State board of California is sending a message the licensee's in this state, show proof of your disinfection!!! All states soon will be following this trend to let the public know it is safe to get a pedicure again and there are severe penalty' for those not willing to protect the public.