Code of Massachusetts Regulations
240 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING
Title 240 CMR 9.00 - Administrative Practices for Electrolysis
Section 9.03 - Sanitation, Sterilization, Safety and Disease Prevention for Electrology Offices and Schools
Universal Citation: 240 MA Code of Regs 240.9
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Sanitation and Safety. All electrolysis offices, schools and treatment rooms must comply with the following:
(a) The office, school or treatment room
shall be adequately lighted, well ventilated, clean, orderly and
sanitary.
(b) All electrolysis
equipment and tools shall be kept in good repair and shall be stored within the
electrolysis office or school.
(c)
All medicated creams, lotions and sterilizing solutions shall be labeled as to
their contents.
(d) A closed
cabinet or drawer shall be provided for clean towels and linens and separate
covered containers for soiled disposable and/or reusable materials.
(e) No animals except service animals
authorized by law to be in places of public accommodation shall be permitted in
any electrolysis office, treatment room or waiting room.
(2) Equipment Sterilization.
(a) Prior to
equipment sterilization, the surfaces of all treatment tables, epilators and
other instruments which may come in direct contact with a patient shall be
wiped clean of organic material through the use of either an ultrasonic
cleaning device or any method recommended by the Center for Disease Control
(CDC).
(b) All devices and
instruments which may come in direct contact with a patient shall be sterilized
by:
1. Use of an autoclave or dry heat
sterilizer, to be set and operated according to the standard cycle, as set
forth in the manufacturer's operating instructions; or
2. Use of any other method or means of
sterilization which has been approved by the Center for Disease Control (CDC)
and which meets all applicable requirements of state and federal laws and
regulations including, but not limited to, all applicable regulations of the
United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the
Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
(c) Pre-sterilized packaged disposable
needles are required for electrolysis.
(d) All electrologists shall use a biological
monitoring test kit at least quarterly to insure tools and equipment are
disinfected effectively.
(3) Treatment Procedures.
(a) Every
electrologist, instructor or student shall wash his or her hands with liquid
soap immediately prior to the treatment of any patient, and shall rewash his or
her hands with the liquid soap if treatment of that patient is interrupted and
contact is made with any contaminated surface or object.
(b) An electrologist, instructor or student
shall follow universal precautions as defined by the Center for Disease Control
(CDC), and shall comply with all applicable requirements of state and/or
federal laws and regulations including, but not limited to, the regulations of
the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, while treating any
patient.
(c) Clean disposable paper
products are to be used under the head and the area being treated for each
patient
(d) The skin areas of the
patient which are to be treated shall be cleaned with skin cleansing products
and an antiseptic solution prior to treatment.
(e) Areas of the body which shall not be
treated by electrolysis are:
1. Mucous
membranes;
2. External auditory
canal of the ear;
3. Areolae and
nipples of the breasts;
4. Breasts
of nursing women;
5. Tissues of the
nostrils; and
6. Eyelids.
7. Areas within the boundaries of the orbital
rim of the eye and any part of the eyebrow may not be treated using laser or
intense pulsed light technology.
(f) Electrologists shall not treat conditions
where electrology procedures are contraindicated by current accepted standards
of practice.
(g) An electrologist
may treat patients with certain conditions if he or she first obtains written
authorization to do so from the patient's physician. Such conditions include:
1. Diabetes mellitus;
2. Hair in moles;
3. Medical conditions for which the patient
wears any external or implanted medical object or device;
4. Medical conditions that are treated with
drugs having anti coagulant effects; and
5. Medical conditions treated with drugs such
as, but not limited to, Isotretinoins and drugs that may create
photosensitivity.
(h)
Prior to initiating any treatment, an electrologist, instructor or student must
provide the patient with an explanation of the nature of the treatment or
procedure to be performed, the potential benefits and risks of undergoing said
treatment, the nature of any after treatment care to be provided, the cost of
said treatment, and any other information reasonably necessary to allow the
patient to make a decision intelligently about whether or not to undergo said
treatment. Following such explanation, the electrologist, instructor or student
shall obtain, and document in writing, the consent of the patient before
initiating any treatment.
(i)
Narcotics, alcohol, marijuana and tobacco are prohibited in any electrolysis
office, school or other electrolysis facility.
(j) Electrologists, instructors and students
shall wear a professional lab jacket. Professional scrubs are
permitted.
(k) An electrologist
shall maintain a complete patient record and case history on each patient,
which shall be in writing or capable of being reproduced in written form, and
shall, at a minimum, contain the data prescribed by the Board.
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