§ 88A-3. Definitions. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 88A‑3.  Definitions.

As used in this Chapter,unless the context requires otherwise:

(1)        "Board"means the North Carolina Board of Electrolysis Examiners.

(2)        "Electrolysis"means the permanent removal of hair by the application of an electrical currentto the dermal papilla by a filament to cause decomposition, coagulation, ordehydration within the hair follicle as approved by the Food and DrugAdministration of the United States Government.

(3)        "Electrologist"or "electrolocist" means a person who engages in the practice ofelectrolysis for permanent hair removal.

(4)        "Electrology"means the art and practice relating to the removal of hair from the normal skinof the human body by application of an electric current to the hair papilla bymeans of a needle or needles so as to cause growth inactivity of the hairpapilla and thus permanently remove the hair.

(5)        "Laser hairpractitioner" means a person who engages in laser, light source, or pulsed‑lighttreatments for the removal of hair.

(6)        "Laser, light source,or pulsed‑light devices" means a device used exclusively in thenonablative procedure for the removal of hair.

(7)        "Laser, lightsource, or pulsed‑light treatments" means the use of laser or pulsed‑lightdevices for nonablative procedures for the removal of hair. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c.1033, s. 1; 2007‑489, s. 2.)