Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-19 - BODY PIERCING › Section 64E-19.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Aftercare instructions" - means verbal
				and written instructions that the customer should follow to promote healing of
				the pierced area.
(2) "Antiseptic"
				- means an agent that inhibits the growth and multiplication of disease-causing
				microorganisms.
(3) "Aseptic
				techniques" - means methods used in piercing procedures to prevent
				contamination of a pierced area by pathogenic organisms.
(4) "Body piercing area" - means the specific
				area within a salon where body-piercing procedures are conducted.
(5) "Contaminated" - means the presence of
				microorganisms on inanimate objects.
(6) "Department" - means the Department of
				Health and its representative county health departments.
(7) "Formal training" - means a course of
				instruction that is presented under classroom conditions to detail compliance
				with the requirements of this chapter, including safety, sanitation, and
				sterilization requirements and standard precautions for preventing the
				transmission of infectious diseases.
(8) "Equipment" - means all machinery,
				including fixtures, containers, vessels, tools, devices, implements, furniture,
				display and storage areas, sinks and all other apparatus and appurtenances used
				in connection with the operation of a body-piercing salon.
(9) "Handsink" - means a lavatory equipped
				with hot and cold running water under pressure, used solely for washing hands,
				arms or other portions of the body.
(10) "Hot water" - means water which attains
				and maintains a temperature of at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
(11) "Injury" - means any unexpected
				complication, damage, harm, hurt, or impairment to a customer's body structure
				or function that is caused by a piercing and required the attention of a
				licensed practitioner.
(12)
				"Instruments" - means hand pieces and other tools that may come in contact with
				a customer's body or be exposed to body fluids during body-piercing
				procedures.
(13) "Licensed
				practitioner" means any physician, osteopathic physician, or dentist, licensed
				under Chapters 458, 459, and 466, F.S. The term also includes an Advanced
				Registered Nurse Practitioner or Certified Physician's Assistant who performs
				medical acts of diagnosis, treatment, and operation pursuant to a protocol
				between an ARNP or PA and a Florida-licensed physician, osteopathic physician
				or dentist.
(14) "Minor" - means
				any person who has not attained the age of 18 years, except as provided in
				Sections  743.01 and
				 743.015, F.S.
(15) "Oral piercing" - means a piercing in
				any portion of the mouth, including the tongue, lip and cheeks.
(16) "Notifiable disease" - shall have the
				same meaning as Rule  64D-3.029, F.A.C.
(17) "Piercer" - means any person who
				performs body-piercing procedures in an establishment regulated under this
				chapter.
(18) "Procedure surface" -
				means any surface of an inanimate object or any associated work area that may
				require sanitizing, as specified in Section
				 381.0075(11),
				F.S.
(19) "Sanitizer" - means a
				disinfectant or germicide registered with the United States Environmental
				Protection Agency.
(20) "Single
				use" - means products or items that are intended for one-time, one-person use
				and are disposed of after use on each customer such as, cotton swabs or balls,
				tissues or paper products, paper or plastic cups, gauze and sanitary coverings,
				razors, instruments that pierce the skin, and protective gloves.
(21) "Spore" - means a highly resistant
				dehydrated form of a bacterial cell, such as those of the genus
				Bacillus.
(22) "Standard
				precautions" - means a set of guidelines and controls, published by the Center
				for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which includes specific
				recommendations for the use of gloves, masks, protective eye wear and/or other
				protective equipment when contact with blood or body fluids containing blood is
				anticipated. These guidelines and controls may be found in "Recommendations for
				Prevention of HIV Transmission in Health-Care Settings", Morbidity and
				Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), August 21, 1987, Vol. 36, No. (SU02); 001;
				"Universal Precautions for Prevention of Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency
				Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, and Other Bloodborne Pathogens in Health-Care
				Settings, " MMWR, June 24, 1988, Vol. 37, No. 24; "Guidelines for Prevention
				and Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to
				Health-Care and Public Safety Workers, MMWR, June 23, 1989, Vol. 38, No. S-6;
				and MMWR; and "Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Human
				Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Patients During Exposure-Prone
				Invasive Procedures, " July 12, 1991, Vol. 40, No. (RR08); 1-9. These
				guidelines are hereby incorporated by reference into this
				chapter."
Rulemaking Authority
					 381.0075(10)
					 FS. Law Implemented 381.0075(10)
					 FS.
New 1-24-00, Amended
					 10-27-10.