Section 820IAC3-1-12. Electrology; cleanliness

   (a) All instruments, needles, and tweezers used by an electrologist shall be sterilized prior to use on a customer.

  (b) Sterilization required under subsection (a) shall be as follows:

(1) Before putting into a sterilizer, needles/probes must be precleaned using a clean cotton ball moistened with a low residue detergent and cool water or a solution having at least seventy percent (70%) alcohol.

(2) Precleaning of needles/probes may also be accomplished by cleaning in an ultrasonic cleaning unit used according to manufacturer's instructions.

(3) After precleaning, needles/probes should be rinsed thoroughly and dried.

(4) Sterilization must be accomplished by means of a dry heat sterilizer in which the instruments are heated to three hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (340° F) for two (2) hours or by means of steam autoclave sterilizer in which the instruments are subjected to saturated steam at the pressure of fifteen (15) pounds per square inch for thirty (30) minutes at two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (250° F).

  (c) An electrologist or electrology student in a cosmetology school shall:

(1) wash his or her hands in fresh water with germicidal soap immediately before serving each customer; and

(2) while serving customers, wear gloves which must be disposed after use during the service of one (1) customer.

  (d) The chair and table where a customer is receiving electrology services shall have clean coverings.

  (e) There shall be a clean draping between the electrologist and the customer during an electrology session. (State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners; 820 IAC 3-1-12; filed Feb 23, 1990, 5:00 p.m.: 13 IR 1404, eff Apr 1, 1990; filed Dec 3, 1991, 11:00 a.m.: 15 IR 564; readopted filed May 22, 2001, 9:56 a.m.: 24 IR 3236; readopted filed Jul 19, 2007, 1:01 p.m.: 20070808-IR-820070046RFA; readopted filed Nov 25, 2013, 9:22 a.m.: 20131225-IR-820130286RFA)