Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 216 - Department of health
Chapter 40 - Professional licensing and facility regulation
Subchapter 05 - Professional Licensing
Part 29 - Practice of Electrolysis and Laser Hair Removal
Section 216-RICR-40-05-29.3 - Definitions
Universal Citation: 216 RI Code of Rules 40 05 29.3
Current through September 18, 2024
A. Wherever used in these rules and regulations, the following terms shall be construed as follows:
1. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-32,
as amended, entitled "Electrolysis and Laser Hair Removal."
2. "AEA" means the American Electrology
Association.
3. "Department" means
the Rhode Island Department of Health.
4. "Electrologist" means a person as defined
in R.I. Gen. Laws §
5-32-1(1).
5. "Electrology" means the practice of
electrical hair removal to permanently remove human hair from the
body.
6. "Electrolysis" means as
defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
5-32-1(2).
7. "Laser" means as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws
§
5-32-1(3).
8. "Laser hair removal" means as defined in
R.I. Gen. Laws §
5-32-1(4).
9. "Laser light" means as defined in R.I.
Gen. Laws §
5-32-1(5).
10. "Licensure" and "certification" shall be
synonymous for the purposes of these Regulations as authorized by R.I. Gen.
Laws Chapter 5-32.
11. "Medical
director" means as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
5-32-1(6).
12. "R.I. Gen. Laws" means the General Laws
of Rhode Island, as amended.
13.
"These Regulations" means all parts of the Rhode Island Rules and Regulations
Related to the Practice of Electrolysis and Laser Hair Removal.
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