Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXXI - Cosmetologists › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section XXXI-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this
				Part, the following words shall have the meaning herein ascribed to each,
				unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
Alternative Hair
-any hair which is not a
				  person's own hair including synthetic hair, wiggery, braids, postich or any
				  applied hair.
Alternative Hair Design
-the practice of
				  styling hair by twisting, wrapping weaving, extending, locking or braiding the
				  hair by either the use of hands or mechanical devices or appliances. The
				  practice of alternative hair design shall include the application of
				  antiseptics, powders, oils, clays, lotions or tonics to the alternative hair
				  but shall not include the application of dyes, reactive chemicals or other
				  preparations to alter the structure or style of the natural hair.
Client
-a person who receives a cosmetology,
				  esthetics or manicuring service.
Dermis
-underlying or inner layer of the
				  skin; the layer below the epidermis; the corium or true skin, including
				  papillary layer, capillaries, tactile corpuscles, melanin (pigment),
				  subcutaneous tissue, adipose or subcutis, arteries and lymphatics.
Dermaplaning
-a technique to exfoliate the
				  epidermis and remove the vellus hair with a bladed tool.
Disposable
-an item which cannot be
				  sanitized. All disposable items shall be discarded after a single use. The
				  following items shall be considered disposable: facial tissues, sponges,
				  cloths, extraction tissue, lancets, gloves, wax strips and sticks, tissues,
				  cotton pads and emery boards.
Epidermis
-the outermost layer of the skin;
				  the outer epithetical portion of the skin including stratum corneous, stratum
				  lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum (prickle cell layer), stratum
				  mucosum, and stratum germinativum.
Esthetic Services
-as defined in
				  R.S.
				  37:563(8), includes but is
				  not limited to make-up application, facials, superficial chemical peels,
				  dermaplaning, microdermabrasion, nano-needling and other similar services
				  performed on the epidermis.
Exfoliate or Exfoliation
-the process of
				  sloughing off, removing or peeling dead skin cells of the epidermis using
				  chemicals or devices.
Natural Hair
-any hair which is a person's
				  own which has grown on the person's body and has not been separated from the
				  person's body.
Nano-Needling
-a non-invasive technique for
				  transdermal serum delivery performed using a skin needling device which does
				  not penetrate beyond the epidermis of more than .25 mm of the outmost layer of
				  skin.
Sanitize or Sanitization
-the process of
				  using heat, steam or chemicals to destroy microbial life, including highly
				  resistant bacterial endospores. Sanitization shall be performed using EPA
				  registered hospital grade disinfectant or a sterilization device which uses
				  heat or steam in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
AUTHORITY
				  NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:562(B) and
				  R.S.
				  37:575(A)(2)(6).