Okla. Admin. Code § 310:234-1-2
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Autoclave bag" means a bag for holding instruments or other items, which are to be put into an autoclave for sterilization.
"Certification" means written approval by the Department for a person to perform medical micropigmentation.
"Committee" means the Consumer Protection Licensing Advisory Council.
"Contaminated waste" means any liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials; contaminated items that would release blood or other potentially infectious materials in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed; items that are caked with dried blood and other potentially infectious materials, as defined in the "Bloodborne Pathogens."[29 CFR § 1910.1030]
"Department" means the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
"Equipment" means all machinery, including fixtures, containers, vessels, tools, devices, implements, furniture, display and storage areas, sinks and all other apparatus and appurtenances used in connection with medical micropigmentation procedures.
"Handsink" means a lavatory equipped with hot and cold running water under pressure used solely for washing hands, arms or other portions of the body.
"Hot water" means water that attains and maintains a temperature of 100 °F.
"Instruments used for medical micropigmentation" means handpieces, needles, needle bars and other instruments that may contact a client's body or body fluids during medical micropigmentation.
"Licensing board" means the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners and/or the Board of Dentistry. [63 O.S. Section 1-1451(1)]
"Medical micropigmentation" means a medical procedure in which any color or pigment is applied with a needle or electronic machine:
"Physician"means a person licensed to practice:
"Poses a reasonable threat" means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability to serve the public or work with others in the occupation. [63 O.S. Section 1-1451(E)(2)]
"Procedure surface" means any part of equipment designed to contact the client's unclothed body during a medical micropigmentation procedure.
"Sanitize" means a process of reducing the number of microorganisms on cleaned surfaces and equipment to a safe level and has been approved by the Department.
"Sharps" means any object (sterile or contaminated) that may purposefully or accidentally cut or penetrate the skin or mucosa including, but not limited to, pre-sterilized, single use needles, scalpel blades and razor blades.
"Sharps container" means a puncture-resistant, leak-proof container that can be closed for handling, storage, transportation and disposal and is labeled with the International Biohazard Symbol.
"Single use" means products or items that are intended for one-time, one-person use and are disposed of after use on each client including, but not limited to, cotton swabs or balls, tissues or paper products, paper or plastic cups, gauze and sanitary coverings, razors, piercing needles, and protective gloves.
"Skills area evaluation" means an evaluation given at the end of instruction for a particular skills area that consists of two parts: technique and theory. Mastery of technique shall be demonstrated by performing the skills on the job sheet(s) for that skills area in the presence of an approved evaluator (supervising physician or instructor) with 100% accuracy. A candidate demonstrates mastery of micropigmentation theory by scoring 85% or greater on a written test over the material in that skills area.
"Sterilization" means a process resulting in the destruction of all forms of microbial life, including highly resistant bacterial spores.
"Substantially relates" means the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the occupation. [63 O.S. 1451(E)(1)]
"Ultrasonic" means ultrasonic sound, which is pertaining to acoustic frequencies above the range audible to the human ear, or, above approximately 20,000 cycles per second. There are several types of ultrasonic devices.
"Written certification examination" means the state examination taken upon satisfactory completion of all skills area evaluations. An applicant demonstrates written competency by scoring 70% or greater on the written certification examination.
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