The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 478
ELECTROLYSIS

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F.S. 478.42

478.42 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “Board” means the Board of Medicine.

(2) “Council” means the Electrolysis Council.

(3) “Department” means the Department of Health.

(4) “Electrologist” means a person who engages in the practice of electrolysis.

(5) “Electrolysis or electrology” means the permanent removal of hair by destroying the hair-producing cells of the skin and vascular system, using equipment and devices approved by the board which have been cleared by and registered with the United States Food and Drug Administration and that are used pursuant to protocols approved by the board.

History.—s. 3, ch. 92-172; s. 168, ch. 94-218; s. 144, ch. 97-264; s. 143, ch. 99-397.

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Amendments to 478.42

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 478.42

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 478.42.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL AND MEDICAL HAIR REMOVAL, INC. SCMHR v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,, 183 So. 3d 1138 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . .” § 478.42(4), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . . . § 478.42(5), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . . .

BROUGHMAN, v. S. CARVER,, 624 F.3d 670 (4th Cir. 2010)

. . . . § 478.42(a)(2) (same) with 18 U.S.C. § 923(a)(3)(B) (dealers in firearms other than destructive devices . . . the first three years, with a ninety dollar renewal fee every three years thereafter) and 27 C.F.R. § 478.42 . . .

DR. NAVARRO S VEIN CENTRE OF PALM BEACH, INC. M. D. v. MILLER,, 22 So. 3d 776 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . doctor was not performing medical treatment, but rather cosmetic electrolysis as defined by section 478.42 . . .