An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2998 By: Hasenbeck, McEntire, and
Pittman of the House
and
Daniels and Hicks of the
Senate
An Act relating to laser hair removal; creating the
Laser Hair Removal Act; providing definitions;
limiting hair removal perform ance to certain
instruments; requiring cer tain credential; mandating
certain training and education program; requiring
physician oversight of certain facilities; providing
exemption; mandating establishment of protocols;
describing supervision requirements ; regulating
professional conduct of laser practitioners;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
SUBJECT: Laser hair removal
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 538.1 of Title 59, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Laser Hair
Removal Act”.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Stat utes as Section 538.2 of Title 59, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
1. “Health professional” means a physician, physician assistant
as defined in Section 519.2 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes, ENR. H. B. NO. 2998 Page 2
Advanced Practice Re gistered Nurse as defined in Section 567.3a of
Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Registered Nurse as defined in
Section 567.3a of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Sta tutes, or Licensed
Practical Nurse as defined in Section 567.3a of Title 59 of the
Oklahoma Statutes;
2. “Laser hair removal” means the use of a class three or class
four laser light-based device approved by the United States Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) to perform a no nablative hair removal
procedure that does not remove the epidermis. Laser hair removal
does not include electrolysis as defined in Section 536.2 of Title
59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. “Laser hair removal facility ” means a business location that
provides laser hair removal;
4. “Laser practitioner” means a person who practices laser hair
removal pursuant to this act; and
5. “Physician” means a person licensed to practice medicine
pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Allop athic Medical and
Surgical Licensure and Supervision Act or the Oklahoma Osteopathic
Medicine Act.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 538.3 of Title 59, unless there
is created a duplication in num bering, reads as follows:
A. A laser practitioner shall only perform laser hair removal
using lasers or pulsed light devices approved by the United States
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for noninvasive procedures.
B. A person shall not perform or a ttempt to perform laser hair
removal unless the person holds the appropriate healt h professional
license or certificate as defined in Section 2 of this act. A laser
practitioner who is not a physician shall complete a laser
practitioner training and educa tion program. A laser training and
education program may be completed internally at the laser hair
removal facility or via a third party, provided such third -party
program is overseen by a physician. A laser practitioner training
and education program sh all include forty (40) total hours of
training, which may be a combination of didac tic training, in-person
hands-on training, and performance of laser hair removal procedures.
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C. A laser hair removal facility shall be overseen by a
physician; provided, th at Advanced Practice Registered Nurses shall
be exempt from this oversight requirem ent.
D. The overseeing physician shall:
1. Establish proper protocols for laser hair removal provided
at a facility including, but not limited to, complication
management. A laser practitioner shall follow all written procedure
protocols established and revised by the overseeing physician. Such
protocols shall require utilizing a physician, physician assistant,
or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse for complication mana gement;
2. Determine the number of laser practitioners under such
physician’s supervision; and
3. Review not less than ten percent (10%) of laser hair removal
patient records.
E. A physician shall not be required to be physicall y present
or to supervise laser hair removal, but shall be available for
communication during the procedure, e ither in person or by two -way,
real time interactive communication.
F. A laser practitioner may perform laser hair removal on a
patient without the prior evaluation o r referral of such patient by
a physician.
G. The conduct of allopathic physicians and p hysician
assistants pursuant to this act shall be regulated by the State
Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. The conduct of
osteopathic physicians pursuant t o this act shall be regulated by
the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners. The conduct of Registered
Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Advanced Practice Registered
Nurses pursuant to this act shall be regulated by the Oklahoma B oard
of Nursing.
H. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any person in the healing
arts, in this state, under any other act, from engaging in the
practice for which he or she is duly licensed.
SECTION 4. This act shall become effective Nov ember 1, 2024.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 7th day of May, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 24th day of April, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at ____ ___ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________