La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XXXV-103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
Section XXXV-103 - General Definitions
A. There is incorporated herein by reference all of the definitions set forth and contained in R.S. 37:3051 and R.S. 49:951. The following words and terms, when used in these rules and regulations, shall have the following meaning unless the text hereof or the definitions contained in the above-cited statutes clearly indicate otherwise.

Apprentice-an individual engaged in learning the theory and practice of electrology in an electrologist apprenticeship program.

Board-State Board of Electrolysis Examiners.

Electrologist-any person who for compensation practices electrolysis for the permanent removal of hair, except a physician licensed to practice medicine who performs electrolysis in his practice or a person who engages, on behalf of a manufacturer or distributor, solely in demonstrating the use of any machine or other article for the purpose of sale, without charge to the person who is the subject of the demonstration.

Electrologist Apprenticeship Program-an establishment which teaches or offers to teach the theory and practice of electrology and which teaches or offers to teach instructors the theory and practice of teaching electrology, without financial remuneration from the apprentice or the student instructor.

Electrologist Technician-an individual who for compensation practices electrolysis for the permanent removal of hair under the direct supervision of a licensed electrologist and who has completed a 200-hour course of instruction at an approved electrology school or electrologist apprenticeship program.

Electrology-the art and practice of removing hair from the normal skin of the body by the application of an electric current to the hair papilla by means of a needle or needles so as to cause growth inactivity of the hair papilla and thus permanently remove hair.

Electrolysis-the process by which hair is removed from the normal skin by the application of an electric current to the hair root by means of a needle or needles being inserted into the hair follicle, whether the process employs direct electric current or short wave alternating electric current.

School, School of Electrology, or Electrology School-an establishment which teaches or offers to teach students the theory and practice of electrology and which teaches or offers to teach student instructors the theory and practice of teaching electrology, for financial remuneration from the student, student instructor, or both.

Student-an individual engaged in learning the theory and practice of electrology at a school of electrology.

Student Instructor-an individual learning the theory and practice of teaching electrology in an electrology school or an electrologist apprenticeship program.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XXXV-103

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Board of Electrolysis Examiners, LR 10:329 (April 1984), amended LR 11:534 (May 1985), repromulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Electrolysis Examiners, LR 19:1144 (September 1993), amended LR 27:193 (February 2001), LR 30:792 (April 2004).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3051.