Okla. Admin. Code § 310:210-1-2

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024
Section 310:210-1-2 - Definitions

The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Barber" means any person who engages in the practice of barbering.

"Barbering" means any one or any combination of the following practices, when done upon the upper part of the human body for cosmetic purposes and when done for payment either directly or indirectly for the general public, constitutes the practice of barbering, to wit: Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair; giving facials or scalp massages or treatment with oils, creams, lotions or other preparations, either by hand or mechanical appliances; singeing, shampooing or dyeing the hair or applying hair tonics; applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or lotions to scalp, face, neck or upper part of the body; and removing superfluous hair from the face, neck, or upper part of the body."

"Barber apprentice" means any person sixteen (16) years of age or older whose principal occupation is the learning of the barber trade in the State of Oklahoma, under the direct supervision of an Oklahoma licensed barber who has at least two (2) years of practical experience as a licensed barber.

"Barber Board" means the State Barber Advisory Board.

"Barber school or college" means an establishment operated for the purpose of teaching barbering.

"Barber shop" means an establishment or place of business, including a mobile unit, where one (1) or more persons are engaged in the practice of barbering, but does not include barber schools or colleges.

"Board" means State Board of Health.

"Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Health.

"Contagious communicable disease or condition" means those infectious diseases which are transmitted from person-to-person by contact with blood or body secretions and may pose an occupational risk to barbers, barber apprentices, graduate apprentices, or instructors.

"Department" means the State Department of Health.

"Direct supervision" means the supervision, by the actual presence in the shop, of a licensed barber while barber service is being performed by a barber apprentice or graduate apprentice.

"Graduate-apprentice" means any person sixteen (16) years of age or older who has completed the barber curriculum at an Oklahoma licensed barber college, whose application to take the Oklahoma barber examination has been accepted, and who is under the direct supervision of an Oklahoma licensed barber who has at least two (2) years of practical experience as a licensed barber. A graduate-apprentice license is only valid for four (4) months from the date of issuance or until the graduate-apprentice successfully completes the barber examination if less than four (4) months from the date of issuance.

"Instructor" means a person licensed to teach barbering.

"Instructor student" means a licensed barber enrolled in a barber college or barber school who is learning the teaching of barbering.

"Kiosk Style Barber Shop" means a small temporary or semi-permanent structure generally not larger than 150 square feet, which is located within an enclosed building, such as a mall or airport lounge, for the purpose of barbering.

"Mobile unit" means a self-contained, self-supporting, enclosed mobile unit not less than 24 feet in length, listed as a barber shop with the Department, used for the practice of "Barbering" and complying with OAC 310:210-7.

"Potentially infectious body fluids" means blood or blood products; any fluid visibly contaminated with blood; and all body fluids.

"Sanitizers" means a disinfectant which inhibits, neutralizes, or destroys all bacteria, viruses, parasites and other organisms. It shall be a germicide, fungicide and virucide to comply with the disinfecting requirements of the barber rules.

Okla. Admin. Code § 310:210-1-2

Amended at 12 Ok Reg 3029, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2035, eff 6-12-00; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1926, eff 6-25-07