157.1 - DEFINITIONS.
157.1 DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this chapter:
1. "Board" means the board of cosmetology arts and sciences.
2. "Certified laser product" means a product which is
certified by a manufacturer pursuant to the requirements of 21 C.F.R.
pt. 1040 and as specified by rule.
3. "Chemical exfoliation" means the removal of surface
epidermal cells of the skin by using only nonmedical strength
cosmetic preparations consistent with labeled instructions and as
specified by rule.
4. "Cosmetologist" means a person who performs the practice
of cosmetology, or otherwise by the person's occupation claims to
have knowledge or skill particular to the practice of cosmetology.
Cosmetologists shall not represent themselves to the public as being
primarily in the practice of haircutting unless that function is, in
fact, their primary specialty.
5. "Cosmetology" means all of the following practices:
a. Arranging, braiding, dressing, curling, waving, press and
curl hair straightening, shampooing, cutting, singeing, bleaching,
coloring, or similar works, upon the hair of any person, or upon a
wig or hairpiece when done in conjunction with haircutting or
hairstyling by any means.
b. Massaging, cleansing, stimulating, exercising, or
beautifying the superficial epidermis of the scalp, face, neck, arms,
hands, legs, feet, or upper body of any person with the hands or
mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances or with the use of
cosmetic preparations, including cleansers, toners, moisturizers, or
masques.
c. Removing superfluous hair from the face or body of a
person with the use of depilatories, wax, sugars, or tweezing.
d. Applying makeup or eyelashes, tinting of lashes or brows,
or lightening of hair on the face or body.
e. Cleansing, shaping, or polishing the fingernails, applying
sculptured nails, nail extensions, wraps, overlays, nail art, or any
other nail technique to the fingernails or toenails of a person.
6. "Cosmetology arts and sciences" means any or all of the
following disciplines, performed with or without compensation by a
licensee:
a. Cosmetology.
b. Electrology.
c. Esthetics.
d. Nail technology.
e. Manicuring and pedicuring.
7. "Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
8. "Depilatory" means an agent used for the temporary removal
of superfluous hair by dissolving it at the epidermal surface.
9. "Electrologist" means a person who performs the practice
of electrology.
10. "Electrology" means the removal of superfluous hair of a
person by the use of an electric needle or other electronic process.
11. "Esthetician" means a person who performs the practice of
esthetics.
12. "Esthetics" means the following:
a. Beautifying, massaging, cleansing, stimulating, or
hydrating the skin of a person, except the scalp, by the use of
cosmetic preparations, including cleansers, antiseptics, tonics,
lotions, creams, exfoliants, masques, and essential oils, to be
applied with the hands or any device, electrical or otherwise,
designed for the nonmedical care of the skin.
b. Applying makeup or eyelashes to a person, tinting
eyelashes or eyebrows, or lightening hair on the body except the
scalp.
c. Removing superfluous hair from the body of a person by the
use of depilatories, waxing, sugaring, tweezers, or use of any
certified laser products or intense pulsed light devices. This
excludes the practice of electrology, whereby hair is removed with an
electric needle.
d. The application of permanent makeup or cosmetic
micropigmentation.
13. "Exfoliation" means the process whereby the superficial
epidermal cells are removed from the skin.
14. "General supervision" means the supervising physician is
not on site for laser procedures or use of an intense pulsed light
device for hair removal conducted on minors, but is available for
direct communication, either in person or by telephone, radio,
radiotelephone, television, or similar means.
15. "Instructor" means a person licensed for the purpose of
teaching cosmetology arts and sciences.
16. "Intense pulsed light device" means a device that uses
incoherent light to destroy the vein of the hair bulb.
17. "Laser" means light amplification by the stimulated
emission of radiation.
18. "Manicuring" means the practice of cleansing, shaping, or
polishing the fingernails and massaging the hands and lower arms of a
person. "Manicuring" does not include the application of
sculptured nails or nail extensions to the fingernails or toenails of
a person, and does not include the practice of pedicuring.
19. "Manicurist" means a person who performs the practice of
manicuring.
20. "Mechanical exfoliation" means the physical removal of
surface epidermal cells by means that include but are not limited to
brushing machines, granulated scrubs, peel-off masques, peeling
creams or drying preparations that are rubbed off, and
microdermabrasion.
21. "Microdermabrasion" means mechanical exfoliation using an
abrasive material or apparatus to remove surface epidermal cells with
a machine which is specified by rule.
22. "Minor" means an unmarried person who is under the age of
eighteen years.
23. "Nail technologist" means a person who performs the
practice of nail technology.
24. "Nail technology" means all of the following:
a. Applying sculptured nails, nail extensions, wraps,
overlays, nail art, or any other nail technique to the fingernails
and toenails of a person.
b. Massaging the hands, arms, ankles, and feet of a person.
c. Removing superfluous hair from hands, arms, feet, or legs
of a person by the use of wax or a tweezer.
d. Manicuring the nails of a person.
25. "Physician" means a person licensed in Iowa to practice
medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
26. "Salon" means a fixed establishment or place where one or
more persons engage in the practice of cosmetology arts and sciences,
including, but not limited to, a retail establishment where
cosmetologists engage in the practice of cosmetology arts and
sciences.
27. "School of cosmetology arts and sciences" means an
establishment licensed for the purpose of teaching cosmetology arts
and sciences. Section History: Early Form
[C27, 31, 35, § 2585-b1; C39, § 2585.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
66, 71, 73, 77, 79, 81, § 157.1] Section History: Recent Form
92 Acts, ch 1205, § 1; 93 Acts, ch 61, § 1; 2004 Acts, ch 1044,
§1--6; 2005 Acts, ch 89, §20--22; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §157, 158; 2008
Acts, ch 1088, §141
Referred to in § 157.2, 157.3A, 158.2, 158.13