La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XXXV-1307

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXXV-1307 - Additional Requirements for Offices

A. Every electrology office shall have a separate entrance away from residential rooms.

B. Separate toilet facilities must be made available without entering residential rooms.

C. Separate facilities for hand washing shall be provided separate from residential rooms.

D. Every office of electrolysis shall comply with Louisiana statutes and applicable ordinances regarding public health and safety standards for treating patients which conform to the board's rules and regulations.

E. Every office shall be provided with such instruments, implements, or equipment that are pertinent to the practice of electrolysis.

F. All devices, instruments, and epilators, shall conform to the Federal FDA Rules and Regulations relating to such devices as amended, May 29, 1976, and shall be FCC approved.

G. A professional lamp will be focused on the treatment area at all times.

H. Professional type forceps shall be used in the treatment of patients.

I. Before treatments are administered, the electrologist, instructor, or student must explain the following matters to the patient:

1. the procedure;

2. treatment;

3. after care treatment;

4. possible effects of treatment; and

5. treatment fee.

J. Smoking is prohibited by electrologists, electrologist technicians, instructors, apprentices, students, lecturers or patients during treatment.

K. All electrologists, electrologist technicians, instructors, apprentices, and students shall wear appropriate clothing, with clean fingernails, and clean uniform, smock, or laboratory jacket.

L. A complete case history of each patient's electrolysis treatment shall be maintained, which shall include the following data:

1. name, address, telephone number, sex and date of birth;

2. types of hair and of skin, if other than normal;

3. patient's medical history and physical condition;

4. date of each treatment;

5. area of treatment;

6. patient's reaction before and after treatment;

7. skin reaction to treatment;

8. duration of treatment;

9. setting of equipment for area being treated;

10 allergies; and

11. attached letters or other data concerning the patient.

M. Every electrology office shall be open for inspection to any board member or any investigator of the board during regular business hours.

N. When an inspection of an electrology office is made by a member or investigator of the board, the owner or person in charge shall sign an inspection slip. Any violation shall be corrected within one month. If all violations are not corrected within three months, license will be revoked by the board.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XXXV-1307

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Board of Electrolysis Examiners, LR 10:333 (April 1984), repromulgated LR 11:537 (May 1985), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Electrolysis Examiners, LR 17:778 (August 1991), LR 19:1144 (September 1993), LR 30:795 (April 2004).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3051.