Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 210 - Barber › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 310:210-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Barber"
means any person who engages in the
				  practice of barbering.
"Barbering"
means any one or any combination of
				  the following practices, when done upon the upper part of the human body for
				  cosmetic purposes and when done for payment either directly or indirectly for
				  the general public, constitutes the practice of barbering, to wit: Shaving or
				  trimming the beard or cutting the hair; giving facials or scalp massages or
				  treatment with oils, creams, lotions or other preparations, either by hand or
				  mechanical appliances; singeing, shampooing or dyeing the hair or applying hair
				  tonics; applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or
				  lotions to scalp, face, neck or upper part of the body; and removing
				  superfluous hair from the face, neck, or upper part of the body."
"Barber apprentice"
means any person sixteen
				  (16) years of age or older whose principal occupation is the learning of the
				  barber trade in the State of Oklahoma, under the direct supervision of an
				  Oklahoma licensed barber who has at least two (2) years of practical experience
				  as a licensed barber.
"Barber Board"
means the State Barber Advisory
				  Board.
"Barber school or college"
means an
				  establishment operated for the purpose of teaching barbering.
"Barber shop"
means an establishment or place of
				  business, including a mobile unit, where one (1) or more persons are engaged in
				  the practice of barbering, but does not include barber schools or
				  colleges.
"Board"
means State Board of Health.
"Commissioner"
means the State Commissioner of
				  Health.
"Contagious communicable disease or condition"
means those infectious diseases which are transmitted from person-to-person by
				  contact with blood or body secretions and may pose an occupational risk to
				  barbers, barber apprentices, graduate apprentices, or instructors.
"Department"
means the State Department of
				  Health.
"Direct supervision"
means the supervision, by
				  the actual presence in the shop, of a licensed barber while barber service is
				  being performed by a barber apprentice or graduate apprentice.
"Graduate-apprentice"
means any person sixteen
				  (16) years of age or older who has completed the barber curriculum at an
				  Oklahoma licensed barber college, whose application to take the Oklahoma barber
				  examination has been accepted, and who is under the direct supervision of an
				  Oklahoma licensed barber who has at least two (2) years of practical experience
				  as a licensed barber. A graduate-apprentice license is only valid for four (4)
				  months from the date of issuance or until the graduate-apprentice successfully
				  completes the barber examination if less than four (4) months from the date of
				  issuance.
"Instructor"
means a person licensed to teach
				  barbering.
"Instructor student"
means a licensed barber
				  enrolled in a barber college or barber school who is learning the teaching of
				  barbering.
"Kiosk Style Barber Shop"
means a small
				  temporary or semi-permanent structure generally not larger than 150 square
				  feet, which is located within an enclosed building, such as a mall or airport
				  lounge, for the purpose of barbering.
"Mobile unit"
means a self-contained,
				  self-supporting, enclosed mobile unit not less than 24 feet in length, listed
				  as a barber shop with the Department, used for the practice of "Barbering" and
				  complying with OAC 310:210-7.
"Potentially infectious body fluids"
means blood
				  or blood products; any fluid visibly contaminated with blood; and all body
				  fluids.
"Sanitizers"
means a disinfectant which
				  inhibits, neutralizes, or destroys all bacteria, viruses, parasites and other
				  organisms. It shall be a germicide, fungicide and virucide to comply with the
				  disinfecting requirements of the barber rules.
Amended at 12 Ok Reg
				  3029, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2035, eff 6-12-00; Amended at 24 Ok Reg
				  1926, eff 6-25-07