Code of Massachusetts Regulations
240 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING
Title 240 CMR 10.00 - Licensure of Electrolysis Schools
Section 10.02 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 240 MA Code of Regs 240.10
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

For the purposes of 240 CMR 9.00 through 240 CMR 11.00, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

Didactic Training. Instruction provided in a classroom setting through lectures, seminars, videotaped presentations and other similar methods.

Faculty. Those employees of an electrolysis school who provide didactic and practical training to the students thereof.

Informed Consent. Agreement by a patient to undergo electrolysis after a full disclosure of the risks and benefits of such treatment, the alternatives to such treatment, and any other information reasonably necessary to allow the patient to make a decision intelligently about whether or not to undergo such treatment.

Instructor. A person duly registered by the Board pursuant to M.G.L. c. 112, § 87BB and who is qualified to provide training to students enrolled in an electrolysis school.

Junior Student. Those students who have received at least 100, but not more than 200, hours of practical training. Such students shall perform leg, arm and body epilation only.

Lecturer. A person who is not registered as an instructor by the Board, but who has been approved by the Board, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 112, § 87BB and 240 CMR 10.00, to provide training to students enrolled in an electrolysis school.

Practical Training. The hands on application of electrolysis theory, skills and techniques to patients in a clinical, rather than classroom, setting, under the supervision of a duly licensed instructor or lecturer.

Primary Student. Those students who have received less than 100 hours of practical training. Such students shall perform leg epilation only.

School. For purposes of 240 CMR 11.00, and unless otherwise stated, School shall include a "post-secondary institution" as defined by M.G.L. c. 112, §§ 87T and 87JJ.

School License. A license issued by the Board for the operation of an electrolysis school.

Senior Student. Those students who have completed at least 200, but less than 600, hours of practical training.

(Mass. Register #1392 5/31/19)

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