Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 240 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING › Title 240 CMR 9.00 - Administrative Practices for Electrolysis › Section 9.02 - Electrolysis Offices

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) An electrologist
					shall submit to the Board an application for approval, on a form furnished by
					the Board, at least 30 days prior to the opening of any new office, opening of
					any branch office, change of office location or purchase of any fully equipped
					office. The office shall be inspected and approved by a duly authorized
					representative of the Board prior to opening for business.
(2) An electrologist shall notify the Board
					in writing, including by electronic documentation, at least 30 days prior to
					the closing of any office, any change of employment, retirement from practice,
					or departure from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for a period of time which
					will extend beyond the expiration date of his or her current license.
(3) Every electrolysis office shall have a
					treatment room or rooms, or other enclosed or partitioned treatment area, which
					affords privacy during treatment and is not visible to any person other than
					the treating electrologist. The treatment room or area shall have a door which
					shall remain closed during treatment of any patient. A treatment room or
					treatment area may be utilized by other licensed health care professionals or
					holders of licenses issued by the Board who are subject to sterilization and
					sanitation requirements which, in the opinion of the Board, are at least
					substantially equivalent to those set forth in 240 CMR 9.03. Only one service
					may be provided at any given time.
(4) Every electrologist and electrolysis
					office shall comply with all applicable regulations of the United States Food
					and Drug Administration (FDA), the Federal Communications Commission, the
					Regulations for the Control of Lasers at 105 CMR 121.000:
To Control
					the Radiation Hazards of Lasers, Laser Systems and Optical Fiber Communication
					Systems Utilizing Laser Diode or Light Emitting Diode Sources
promulgated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and
					standards in the most recent version of
American National Standard for
					Safe Use of Lasers
published by ANSI and referred to as ANSI
					Z136.1.
(5) Every electrolysis
					office shall be equipped with lavatory facilities with hot and cold running
					water.
(6) Every electrolysis
					office established or located in any private dwelling place, house,
					condominium, apartment or other residential premises shall have a separate
					passageway leading from the treatment room or area directly to the street or
					other public way such that a patient can enter or leave the treatment area
					without passing through any portion of any private living quarters.
(7) Every electrolysis office established or
					located in a professional office building or other commercial premises shall
					have a waiting area separate and distinct from the treatment room or area. Such
					electrolysis offices may share said waiting area with any other profession,
					business, trade or activity, but shall provide a means of entry and exit which
					does not require a prospective patient to pass through any area in which the
					services of another profession, business or trade are actually
					performed.
(8) Every electrolysis
					office shall have and maintain in good working condition, appropriate and
					sufficient equipment including:
(a) A
					professional treatment table or chair which shall be used solely for the
					purpose of electrolysis treatment, unless the patient is physically
					incapacitated and unable to be so treated;
(b) Professional lighting which shall be
					focused on the treatment area at all times;
(c) A sufficient supply of sterile
					professional type forceps to be used in the treatment of patients;
					and
(d) Epilators and other
					devices, instruments, implements and other equipment reasonably necessary for
					the practice of electrolysis. All epilators, devices and instruments shall
					conform to all applicable rules and regulations of the Federal Food and Drug
					Administration, the United States Occupational Safety and Health
					Administration, Regulations for the Control of Lasers, 105 CMR 121.000:
To Control the Radiation Hazards of Lasers, Laser Systems and Optical
					Fiber Communication Systems Utilizing Laser Diode or Light Emitting Diode
					Sources
, promulgated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health,
					and shall be approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the
					extent that such approval is required by federal law or regulations.
(e) All non-disposable equipment shall be
					subject to the sanitation and sterilization requirements prescribed by the
					Board.