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<chapter num="01" heading="Definitions" title_num="10" subtitle_num="53">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Board” means the Maryland Board of Nursing.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“CEU” means continuing education courses that have been approved by the Board.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“Committee” means the Electrology Practice Committee of the Board.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“CDC” means the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>“Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>“Clinical examination” means an examination approved by the Board and administered by the Electrology Practice Committee for testing the clinical competency of applicants for licensure.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>“Criminal history records check” means the performance of both a State criminal history check by the Central Repository and a national criminal history check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>“Criminal history records information” means information provided by the criminal history records check regarding an applicant's criminal arrests, charges, and convictions and other dispositions of criminal charges.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>“MHEC” means the Maryland Higher Education Commission.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(10)">
        <text>“National theory exam” means an exam approved by the Board and the American Electrology Association.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Health Occupations Article, §§8-201, 8-205, 8-206, 8-303, and 8-6B-01—8-6B-29, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: January 16, 1984 (11:1 Md. R. 43)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 repealed and new Regulations .01—.05 adopted effective June 26, 2000 (27:12 Md. R. 1141)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.05, Standards of Practice, repealed and new Regulation .01 adopted under new chapter, Definitions, effective June 20, 2005 (32:12 Md. R. 1047)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01B amended effective May 7, 2007 (34:9 Md. R. 825); July 2, 2018 (45:13 Md. R. 667); May 20, 2019 (46:10 Md. R. 490)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>