Standards for Licensure of Electrolysis Schools

(1) Class Hours and Schedules. Every electrolysis school shall maintain regular class hours and a daily schedule of classes. (2) Faculty Student Ratios for Practical Training. Every electrolysis school shall maintain a ratio of faculty to students during all practical training sessions sufficient to ensure that at least one registered instructor is present at all times for the first 15 students or fewer engaged in practical training, and one additional instructor for every additional 15 students or fewer in attendance. Informed Consent Required for Student Patients. Every electrolysis school must obtain written informed consent from any student who serves as a patient for practical training purposes before said student may serve as a patient. The school shall maintain a copy of the informed consent form signed by each such student on file and shall make such documentation available to a duly authorized representative of the Board upon request. Public Notice of Practical Training Work. Every electrolysis school shall display, in conspicuous places in its practical training facility or area, at least two signs with display lettering at least two inches in height, which shall read as follows: "ALL WORK IN THIS SCHOOL IS PERFORMED BY STUDENTS. CHARGES ARE FOR MATERIALS USED AND CLINIC OPERATION COSTS ONLY. NO CHARGE FOR SERVICES" (5) Physical Facilities. (a) Every electrolysis school shall be large enough to accommodate its student body, faculty members and staff, and shall provide separate areas of sufficient size for classroom instruction and practical training respectively. (b) Every electrolysis school shall provide adequate heating, lighting and ventilation. (c) Every electrolysis school shall provide each student with an individual, secure space sufficiently large for the student's personal belongings. (d) Every electrolysis school shall provide lavatory facilities in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. (e) Every electrolysis school shall comply with all sanitation and sterilization requirements set forth in 240 CMR 9.03: Sanitation, Sterilization, Safety, and Disease Prevention for Electrolysis Offices and Schools. (f) Every electrolysis school shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws including, but not limited to, laws regarding accessibility for disabled persons. (g) Every electrolysis school shall specify the maximum number of students which can be accommodated in its practical training area at any one time, and shall provide a number of patient care stations in that practical training area sufficient to ensure a ratio of one patient care station for every five students. (6) Equipment. Every electrolysis school shall provide, and maintain in good working order, an adequate quantity of modern professional equipment for its students as approved by the Board. Only epilators which are approved by the Federal Communications Commission (to the extent that such approval is required by Federal Law or regulations) and which meet the requirements of the Federal Food and Drug Administration may be used by electrolysis schools for training students. Advertising. An electrolysis school may properly advertise itself as such, but shall not represent itself or hold itself out to the public as an electrolysis office or otherwise engage in any advertising which is false, deceptive or misleading. (8) Private Practice Prohibited. (a) No electrolysis school, or any portion of the premises used for the operation of the school, shall be used for the private practice of electrolysis by the owner, any member of the school faculty or staff, or any other registered electrologist. No electrolysis office approved by the Board shall be conducted or advertised as a school, and no school shall be conducted or advertised as an electrolysis office. (b) No electrolysis school shall directly or indirectly accept any remuneration or impose any charge for any services rendered by its students, but may impose a reasonable and nominal charge for materials used and clinic operation costs. (9) Minimum Required Course of Study for Massachusetts Licensure. Every electrolysis school shall maintain a program of study for Massachusetts licensure consisting of not less than 1100 hours of didactic and practical training, extending over a period of not less than seven months, as set forth 240 CMR 10.05(9)(a) through (d): (a) Said program of study shall provide at least 500 hours of didactic training and at least 600 hours of practical training. (b) The 500 hours of didactic training shall include: A minimum of 75 hours of didactic training in histology and hair structure, with emphasis on hair and skin structure; A minimum of 75 hours of didactic training in the fundamentals of bacteriology, sterilization and hygiene; 3. A minimum of 75 hours of didactic training in the principles of electricity, light, and laser physics; and the modalities and effects of electricity, light, and laser physics used in the practice of electrolysis; 4. A minimum of 75 hours of didactic training in basic dermatology; A minimum of 100 hours of didactic training in physiology, with an emphasis on endocrinology; A minimum of 50 hours of didactic training on approved types of electrolysis machines and equipment necessary for proper operation of an electrolysis office; A minimum of 50 hours of didactic training on professional conduct and office management; and 8. At least 20 hours of didactic training shall be in Laser Electrolysis. (c) The required minimum of 600 hours of practical training shall include training in epilation techniques; demonstrations of proper electrolysis treatment procedures for the legs, arms, face (including hairline and eyebrow shaping) and all other areas of the body not specifically prohibited by 240 CMR 9.03(3); and student "hands on" participation in mastering the ability to apply and utilize such treatment procedures. At least 40 hours of practical training shall be in Laser Electrolysis. (d) The Board's approval of an electrolysis school curriculum shall not be considered permanent and may be subject to expiration and re-approval as prescribed by the Board. (10) Faculty. All courses of didactic and practical training in a required subject area shall be taught to students enrolled in an electrolysis school by a person who has been duly registered by the Board as an instructor, pursuant to 240 CMR 10.06(1), or approved by the Board as a lecturer pursuant to 240 CMR 10.06(2). (11) Student Records. (a) An electrolysis school shall maintain a written academic transcript for each student, which shall include the name of the student, the name of each course of didactic training taken by that student, the grade received by the student for each course of didactic training completed by that student, the number of hours of didactic training in each subject area completed by that student each month, and the number of hours of practical training completed by that student each month. (b) Any and all student records shall be made available, upon request to any duly authorized representative of the Board for inspection at any time during regular business hours. (12) Display of School License. Every electrolysis school shall display its school license in a conspicuous place. (13) Bond Requirement. Every electrolysis school shall obtain and maintain a bond, approved by the Board, in the sum of $10,000 if enrollments do not exceed 24 students, or a bond of $20,000 if the enrollments are 25 students or more, which shall be subject to approval by the Board.