La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XXXV-105

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XXXV-105 - Exceptions and Rights

A. The provisions of these rules and regulations shall not authorize the use of roentgen rays and radium for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes or the use of electricity for surgical purposes, including cauterization, removal of warts, moles, or skin deformities of any kind.

B. Electrolysis treatment shall not be performed in areas of high bacterial colonization, such as the ear canals and nostrils, nor shall treatment be performed on moles or to remove eyelashes, except in special instances after consultation with a physician. Areas of the body not to be treated are the mucous membranes, inclusive of the vermillion border of the lip and the external auditory canal of the ear, the areola of the breast, and the tissue of the nostrils. Conditions of the skin not to be treated are warts, moles, cutaneous papillomas (skin tags), any type of skin eruptions, eyelids, vascular spider (spider nevus), and any type of infected or inflamed areas. Ingrown eyelashes shall only be treated by written authorization of the patient's attending physician.

C. A health history shall be completed on each patient prior to any treatment. No patient with a history of diabetes and no cardiac patient with a pacemaker shall be treated without the consent of a physician. Persons suspected of having a communicable disease shall not be treated without first having been examined by a physician. No electrologist, electrologist technician, instructor, apprentice, or student shall knowingly treat a person who is infected with impetigo, any contagious disease, skin malignancy, or any disease dangerous to the public.

D. A new unopened presterile disposable type probe shall be used for each client treatment. Techniques of sterilization of other instruments shall be the same as is used in hospitals, using pressure heat, dry heat, or any other method of sterilization deemed appropriate by the board.

E. Operation of Other Business or Trade

1. No other business or trade shall be allowed in treatment rooms while electrolysis is being performed, however, a licensed physician may perform electrolysis in his private office or clinic.

2. If a person or business conducting electrolysis before July 1, 1983, moves to a different location, that person or business shall be required to comply with the terms of this Subsection.

3. Further, any person or person conducting electrolysis that accedes to the common office suites, treatment rooms, and reception or waiting rooms used for the performance of any other business or trade, including schools of electrology and apprenticeship programs, shall be required to comply with the terms of the Subsection.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XXXV-105

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Board of Electrolysis Examiners, LR 10:330 (April 1984), amended LR 11:534 (May 1985), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Electrolysis Examiners, LR 19:1144 (September 1993), LR 27:193 (February 2001), LR 30:793 (April 2004).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3051.