69-15-1

Kansas Administrative Regulation No. 69-15-1

69-15-1 Definitions.

The definitions of terms used in article 15 are as follows.

1. "Antiseptic" means a product used to stop or inhibit the growth of bacteria.
2. "Clean" means the absence of soil and dirt.
3. "Closed book" means without aid from or availability of written material.
4. "Communicable disease or condition" means diseases or conditions diagnosed by a licensed physician as being contagious or transmissible, as defined in K.A.R. 28-1-2.
5. "Completed procedure" means, for the purposes of determining qualification for licensure, a tattoo that has been finished, including any touchups or additional work following initial healing, and releasing the client from service, as follows.
1. Figurative tattooing includes outlining and shading a new design on a client, or a different client, using different sizes or configurations of needles.
2. Cosmetic tattooing includes eyeliner, eyebrows, lip liner, full lip color, repigmentation, or camouflage but does not include beauty marks.
6. "Demonstration permit" means a license that has been issued to an applicant from another state for a period of time not to exceed 15 days, under which a person may practice in any licensed facility.
7. "Easily accessible" means having unrestricted use or availability, or easy to approach or enter.
8. "Enclosed storage area" means a separate room, closet, cupboard, or cabinet.
9. "Equivalent" means comparable but not identical, and covering the same subject matter.
10. "Gross incompetence" means a serious lack of ability, legal qualification, or fitness to perform one's duty effectively.
11. "High-level disinfectant" means a chemical agent that has demonstrated tuberculocidal activity.
12. "Instruments" means needles, probes, forceps, hemostats, or tweezers.
13. "Linens" means cloths or towels used for draping or protecting a table or similar functions.
14. "Low-level disinfectant" means a chemical agent that has demonstrated bactericidal, germicidal, fungicidal, and limited virucidal activity.
15. "Needle" means either of the following:
1. the implement used to insert dyes or pigments into the dermis of the skin during permanent color or tattoo procedures; or
2. the implement used to pierce or puncture a hole in any part of the human body for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other objects.
16. "Needle bar" means the metal or plastic device used to attach the needle to a tattoo machine.
17. "Official transcript" means a document certified by a school on a form approved and prescribed by the department of education or other regulating authority, indicating the hours and types of coursework, examinations, and scores that were completed by a student.
18. "One year of work experience" means a total of 12 full calendar months, but not necessarily within the same calendar year or consecutively.
19. "Operatory" means the isolated field in which treatment or services are provided.
20. "Piercing gun" means a hand-held tool manufactured exclusively for piercing the earlobe, into which studs and clutches are placed and inserted into the earlobe by a hand-squeezed or spring-loaded action to create a permanent hole. The tool shall be made of plastic, stainless steel, or other material that is able to be disinfected.
21. "Place or places of business" means each name, mailing address, and location, not a post office box, where the licensee or applicant for license performs services.
22. "Premises" means the entire building or structure within which services are performed.
23. "Probation" means continuation of licensure under special conditions set by the board.
24. "Protective gloves" means gloves made of vinyl or latex.
25. "Public view" means open to view and easy for the public to see.
26. "Reactivate" means to change an expired license to an active license.
27. "Reciprocity" means eligibility for licensure based on board approval of a training program that an applicant completed in another state.
28. "Renew" means to extend a current license for a year beyond expiration or to bring an inactive license to current, active status.
29. "Repigmentation" means recoloration of the skin as a result of the following:
1. Use of dermabrasion, or chemical peels, or removal or resolution of birthmarks, vitiligo or other skin conditions that result in the loss of melanin to the skin;
2. Recoloration to scars as a result of surgical procedures, including face-lifts, mole or wart removal, or cauterization;
3. Recoloration to burn grafts and other skin irregularities resulting from burns or photo damage;
4. Recreation of an areola or nipple, following mastectomy; or
5. Use of cheek blush or other blending of pigments into skin in order to camouflage blotchy or irregularly pigmented skin.
30. "Sharps" means any object that can penetrate the skin, including needles, scalpel blades, lancets, glass tubes that could be broken during handling, and syringes that have been removed from their original, sterile containers.
31. "Sharps container" means a puncture-resistant, leak-proof container that can be closed for handling, storage, transportation, and disposal. The container shall be red and shall be labeled with the "Biohazard" symbol.
32. "Single use" means products or items that are disposed of after each use, including cotton swabs or balls, tissues or paper products, paper or plastic cups, or gauze and sanitary coverings.
33. "Sterilization" means destruction of all forms of microbiotic life, including spores.
34. "Under direct supervision of a physician" means employed by and working in the office of a physician, with treatment ordered by and reimbursed to the physician.
35. "Universal precautions" means a set of guidelines and controls, published by the center for disease control (CDC) as "guidelines for prevention of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B virus to health-care and public-safety workers," in morbidity and mortality weekly report (MMWR), June 23, 1989, Vol. 38, No. S-6, and as "recommendations for preventing transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B virus to patients during exposure-prone invasive procedures," in MMWR, July 12, 1991, Vol. 40, No. RR-8. This method of infection control requires the employer and employee to assume that all human blood and specified human body fluids are infectious for HIV, HBV, and other blood pathogens. Precautions include hand washing, gloving, personal protective equipment, injury prevention, and proper handling and disposal of needles, other sharp instruments, and blood and body fluid contaminated products.

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 74-2702a and 65-1948 and implementing K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 65-1946 and 65-1949; effective Aug. 22, 1997.)