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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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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Dr. Navarro's Vein Centre of the Palm Beach, Inc. v. Miller

22 So. 3d 776, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 17241, 2009 WL 3837205

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 18, 2009 | Docket: 1122061

Cited 9 times | Published

rather cosmetic electrolysis as defined by section 478.42(5), Florida Statutes (2008). The doctor and

Society for Clinical and Medical Hair etc. v. Department of Health, Board of Medicine

183 So. 3d 1138, 2015 WL 9584834

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 30, 2015 | Docket: 3025219

Published

who engages in the practice of electrolysis.” § 478.42(4), Fla. Stat. (2014). Electrolysis is