Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Bureau of Professional Licensing › Cosmetology › Cosmetology › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 338.2101 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1.
(1) As
					 used in these rules:
(a) "Apprenticeship
					 program" means a licensed cosmetology establishment that is teaching
					 cosmetology to an apprentice without charging a fee.
(b) "Autoclave" means a device registered and
					 listed as an autoclave or dry-heat sterilizer with the United States Food and
					 Drug Administration.
(c) "Blade"
					 means a flat or curved implement designed for cutting, including, but not
					 limited to, implements commonly referred to as razors, callus shavers, graters,
					 and credo blades intended to cut or shave growths of skin on the hands and
					 feet.
(d) "Clean" or "cleaned"
					 means an item that was disinfected or sterilized pursuant to R 338.2171a or a
					 new and unused single-use item.
(e)
					 "Code" means the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.101 to
					 339.2677.
(f) "Department" means
					 the department of licensing and regulatory affairs.
(g) "Disinfectant" means a substance, or
					 mixture of substances, that is registered as a disinfectant by the United
					 States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
(h) "Equivalent" means the passing of a
					 standard examination that is equal to or greater than the statutorily required
					 grade level or a statement from a school administrator indicating that the
					 person has potentially and scholastically achieved the required
					 grade.
(i) "Establishment" means a
					 cosmetology establishment as defined under section 1201(e) of the code, MCL
					 339.1201, and includes a mobile salon, as defined in section 1201(o) of the
					 code, MCL 339.1201, and a cosmetology suite as defined in section 1201(g) of
					 the code, MCL 339.1201.
(j)
					 "Patron" means an individual receiving a cosmetology service whether or not the
					 individual intends to pay for the service.
(k) "Practical application" means a service
					 performed on a mannequin, student, or patron.
(l) "Practical hours" means hours spend
					 performing a practical application.
(m) "Reactive chemicals" means, but is not
					 limited to, any of the following:
(i)
					 Permanent wave solutions.
(ii)
					 Relaxers.
(iii) Temporary,
					 semipermanent, or permanent hair colorings.
(iv) Hair lighteners.
(v) Acids.
(vi) Bases.
(vii) Creams.
(viii) Fluids.
(ix) Any other preparation designed to modify
					 or rearrange the structure of the hair, skin, or nails.
(n) "School" means a school of cosmetology
					 licensed under section 1205 of the code, MCL 339.1205, which may include a
					 school of cosmetology with a license limited only to the teaching of
					 electrology.
(o) "Specialty
					 license" means an electrologist license, esthetician license, manicurist
					 license, or natural hair cultivation license.
(p) "Specialty service" means a service
					 pertaining to electrology, skin care services, manicuring, or natural hair
					 cultivation.
(q) "Sterilant" means
					 a substance, or mixture of substances, that is registered as a sterilant by the
					 EPA.
(r) "Wet sanitizer" means a
					 covered container filled with a liquid substance, or mixture of liquid
					 substances, that is registered as a disinfectant or sterilant by the
					 EPA.