Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 234 - Medical Micropigmentation › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 310:234-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Autoclave bag"
means a bag for holding
				  instruments or other items, which are to be put into an autoclave for
				  sterilization.
"Certification"
means written approval by the
				  Department for a person to perform medical micropigmentation.
"Committee"
means the Consumer Protection
				  Licensing Advisory Council.
"Contaminated waste"
means any liquid or
				  semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials; contaminated items
				  that would release blood or other potentially infectious materials in a liquid
				  or semi-liquid state if compressed; items that are caked with dried blood and
				  other potentially infectious materials, as defined in the "Bloodborne
				  Pathogens."[29 CFR §
										1910.1030]
"Department"
means the Oklahoma State Department
				  of Health.
"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 medical micropigmentation procedures.
"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.
"Hot water"
means water that attains and
				  maintains a temperature of 100 °F.
"Instruments used for medical micropigmentation"
means handpieces, needles, needle bars and other instruments that may contact a
				  client's body or body fluids during medical micropigmentation.
"Licensing board"
means
the Oklahoma
				  State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, the State Board of
				  Osteopathic Examiners and/or the Board of Dentistry.
[63 O.S. Section
				  1-1451(1)]
"Medical micropigmentation"
means
a
				  medical procedure in which any color or pigment is applied with a needle or
				  electronic machine:
(A)
To produce a permanent mark visible through the
				skin;
(B)
Above
				the jawline and anterior to the ear and frontal hairline including but not
				limited to application of eyeliner, eye shadow, lips, eyebrows, cheeks, and
				scars; and/or
(C)
For regimentation of areas involving reconstructive surgery or
				trauma
. [63 O.S. Section 1-1451(2)]
"Physician"
means a person licensed to
				  practice:
(A)
Allopathic medicine and surgery by the Oklahoma State Board of Medical
				Licensure and Supervision pursuant to the Oklahoma Allopathic Medical and
				Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act
.
(B)
Osteopathic medicine by the State
				Board of Osteopathic Examiners pursuant to the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine
				Act,or
(C)
Dentistry by the Board of Dentistry pursuant to the State Dental
				Act.
[63 O.S. Section 1-1451(3)].
"Poses a reasonable threat"
means
the
				  nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act
				  or threat of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability
				  to serve the public or work with others in the occupation.
[63 O.S.
				  Section 1-1451(E)(2)]
"Procedure surface"
means any part of equipment
				  designed to contact the client's unclothed body during a medical
				  micropigmentation procedure.
"Sanitize"
means a process of reducing the
				  number of microorganisms on cleaned surfaces and equipment to a safe level and
				  has been approved by the Department.
"Sharps"
means any object (sterile or
				  contaminated) that may purposefully or accidentally cut or penetrate the skin
				  or mucosa including, but not limited to, pre-sterilized, single use needles,
				  scalpel blades and razor blades.
"Sharps container"
means a puncture-resistant,
				  leak-proof container that can be closed for handling, storage, transportation
				  and disposal and is labeled with the International Biohazard Symbol.
"Single use"
means products or items that are
				  intended for one-time, one-person use and are disposed of after use on each
				  client including, but not limited to, cotton swabs or balls, tissues or paper
				  products, paper or plastic cups, gauze and sanitary coverings, razors, piercing
				  needles, and protective gloves.
"Skills area evaluation"
means an evaluation
				  given at the end of instruction for a particular skills area that consists of
				  two parts: technique and theory. Mastery of technique shall be demonstrated by
				  performing the skills on the job sheet(s) for that skills area in the presence
				  of an approved evaluator (supervising physician or instructor) with 100%
				  accuracy. A candidate demonstrates mastery of micropigmentation theory by
				  scoring 85% or greater on a written test over the material in that skills
				  area.
"Sterilization"
means a process resulting in the
				  destruction of all forms of microbial life, including highly resistant
				  bacterial spores.
"Substantially relates"
means
the nature
				  of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on
				  the fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or responsibilities
				  necessarily related to the occupation.
[63 O.S. 1451(E)(1)]
"Ultrasonic"
means ultrasonic sound, which is
				  pertaining to acoustic frequencies above the range audible to the human ear,
				  or, above approximately 20,000 cycles per second. There are several types of
				  ultrasonic devices.
"Written certification examination"
means the
				  state examination taken upon satisfactory completion of all skills area
				  evaluations. An applicant demonstrates written competency by scoring 70% or
				  greater on the written certification examination.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 378,
				  eff 11-19-01 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 2067, eff 6-27-02; Amended at 24
				  Ok Reg 1177, eff 4-2-07 (emergency); Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1940, eff
				  6-25-07