Florida Statute 478.42 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 478
ELECTROLYSIS

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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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Dr. Navarro's Vein Centre of the Palm Beach, Inc. v. Miller, 22 So. 3d 776 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 17241, 2009 WL 3837205

...al procedure. The plaintiff alleged that the doctor's negligence in performing the procedure caused severe burns. The complaint specifically alleged that the doctor was not performing medical treatment, but rather cosmetic electrolysis as defined by section 478.42(5), Florida Statutes (2008)....

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Soc'y for Clinical & Med. Hair etc. v. Dep't of Health, Bd. of Med., 183 So. 3d 1138 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2015 WL 9584834

...statement as to whether “its members must obtain and maintain [CME] certification in the use of laser and light-based devices to continue utilizing [such] devices for 1 An electrologist is “a person who engages in the practice of electrolysis.” § 478.42(4), Fla. Stat. (2014). Electrolysis is the permanent removal of hair by destroying the hair-producing cells of the skin and vascular system through the use of a laser or other approved device. § 478.42(5), Fla....

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