Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1)
Class Hours and
Schedules. Every electrolysis school shall maintain regular class
hours and a daily schedule of classes.
(2)
Faculty Student Ratios for
Practical Training. Every electrolysis school shall maintain a
ratio of faculty to students during all practical training sessions sufficient
to ensure that at least one registered instructor is present at all times for
each 12 students engaged in practical training.
(3)
Informed Consent Required for
Student Patients. Every electrolysis school must obtain written
informed consent from any student who serves as a patient for practical
training purposes before said student may serve as a patient. The school shall
maintain a copy of the informed consent form signed by each such student on
file and shall make such documentation available to a duly authorized
representative of the Board upon request.
(4) Public Notice of Practical Training Work.
Every electrolysis school shall display, in conspicuous places in its practical
training facility or area, at least two signs with display lettering at least
two inches in height, which shall read as follows:
"ALL WORK IN THIS SCHOOL IS PERFORMED BY STUDENTS. CHARGES ARE
FOR MATERIALS USED AND CLINIC OPERATION COSTS ONLY. NO CHARGE FOR
SERVICES"
(5)
Physical Facilities.
(a) Every electrolysis school shall be large
enough to accommodate its student body, faculty members and staff, and shall
provide separate areas of sufficient size for classroom instruction and
practical training respectively.
(b) Every electrolysis school shall provide
adequate heating, lighting and ventilation.
(c) Every electrolysis school shall provide
each student with an individual, secure space sufficiently large for the
student's personal belongings.
(d)
Every electrolysis school shall provide lavatory facilities in accordance with
applicable laws and regulations.
(e) Every electrolysis school shall comply
with all sanitation and sterilization requirements set forth in 240 CMR 9.03:
Sanitation, Sterilization, Safety, and Disease Prevention for
Electrolysis Offices and Schools.
(f) Every electrolysis school shall comply
with all applicable state and federal laws including, but not limited to, laws
regarding accessibility for disabled persons.
(g) Every electrolysis school shall specify
the maximum number of students which can be accommodated in its practical
training area at any one time, and shall provide a number of patient care
stations in that practical training area sufficient to ensure a ratio of one
patient care station for every three students.
(6)
Equipment. Every
electrolysis school shall provide, and maintain in good working order, an
adequate quantity of modern professional equipment for its students as approved
by the Board. Only epilators which are approved by the Federal Communications
Commission (to the extent that such approval is required by Federal Law or
regulations) and which meet the requirements of the Federal Food and Drug
Administration may be used by electrolysis schools for training
students.
(7)
Advertising. An electrolysis school may properly
advertise itself as such, but shall not represent itself or hold itself out to
the public as an electrolysis office or otherwise engage in any advertising
which is false, deceptive or misleading.
(8)
Private Practice
Prohibited.
(a) No electrolysis
school, or any portion of the premises used for the operation of the school,
shall be used for the private practice of electrolysis by the owner, any member
of the school faculty or staff, or any other registered electrologist. No
electrolysis office approved by the Board shall be conducted or advertised as a
school, and no school shall be conducted or advertised as an electrolysis
office.
(b) No electrolysis school
shall directly or indirectly accept any remuneration or impose any charge for
any services rendered by its students, but may impose a reasonable and nominal
charge for materials used and clinic operation costs.
(9)
Minimum Required Course of
Study for Massachusetts Licensure. Every electrolysis school shall
maintain a program of study for Massachusetts licensure consisting of not less
than 1100 hours of didactic and practical training, extending over a period of
not less than seven months, as set forth 240 CMR 10.05(9)(a) through (d):
(a) Said program of study shall provide at
least 500 hours of didactic training and at least 600 hours of practical
training.
(b) The 500 hours of
didactic training shall include:
1. A minimum
of 75 hours of didactic training in histology and hair structure, with emphasis
on hair and skin structure;
2. A
minimum of 75 hours of didactic training in the fundamentals of bacteriology,
sterilization and hygiene;
3. A
minimum of 75 hours of didactic training in the principles of electricity,
light, and laser physics; and the modalities and effects of electricity, light,
and laser physics used in the practice of electrolysis;
4. A minimum of 75 hours of didactic training
in basic dermatology;
5. A minimum
of 100 hours of didactic training in physiology, with an emphasis on
endocrinology;
6. A minimum of 50
hours of didactic training on approved types of electrolysis machines and
equipment necessary for proper operation of an electrolysis office;
7. A minimum of 50 hours of didactic training
on professional conduct and office management; and
8. At least 20 hours of didactic training
shall be in Laser Electrolysis.
(c) The required minimum of 600 hours of
practical training shall include training in epilation techniques;
demonstrations of proper electrolysis treatment procedures for the legs, arms,
face (including hairline and eyebrow shaping) and all other areas of the body
not specifically prohibited by 240 CMR 9.03(3); and student "hands on"
participation in mastering the ability to apply and utilize such treatment
procedures. At least 40 hours of practical training shall be in Laser
Electrolysis.
(d) The Board's
approval of an electrolysis school curriculum shall not be considered permanent
and may be subject to expiration and re-approval as prescribed by the
Board.
(10)
Faculty. All courses of didactic and practical
training in a required subject area shall be taught to students enrolled in an
electrolysis school by a person who has been duly registered by the Board as an
instructor, pursuant to 240 CMR 10.06(1), or approved by the Board as a
lecturer pursuant to 240 CMR 10.06(2).
(11)
Student
Records.
(a) An electrolysis
school shall maintain a written academic transcript for each student, which
shall include the name of the student, the name of each course of didactic
training taken by that student, the grade received by the student for each
course of didactic training completed by that student, the number of hours of
didactic training in each subject area completed by that student each month,
and the number of hours of practical training completed by that student each
month.
(b) Any and all student
records shall be made available, upon request to any duly authorized
representative of the Board for inspection at any time during regular business
hours.
(12)
Display of School License. Every electrolysis school
shall display its school license in a conspicuous place.
(13)
Bond
Requirement. Every electrolysis school shall obtain and maintain a
bond, approved by the Board, in the sum of $10,000 if enrollments do not exceed
24 students, or a bond of $20,000 if the enrollments are 25 students or more,
which shall be subject to approval by the Board.
