TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 34. Physicians, Acupuncture, Physician Assistants, Cancer and Glaucoma Treatment, Respiratory Care, Clinical Perfusionists, and Orthotics and Prosthetics Practice, 43-34-1 through 43-34-290.

ARTICLE 9 COSMETIC LASER SERVICES

43-34-243. Permitted activities.

This article shall not be construed to prohibit:

1. A licensed physician from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed;
2. A licensed physician assistant from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed;
3. A person licensed by this state as a registered professional nurse, licensed practical nurse, or nurse practitioner from engaging in his or her profession;
4. A licensed esthetician from engaging in his or her profession;
5. A master cosmetologist from engaging in his or her profession;
6. Any person licensed under any other article of this chapter from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed;
7. A person licensed in this state under any other law from engaging in the practice for which he or she is licensed;
8. The practice of providing cosmetic laser services by a person who is employed by the federal government or any bureau, division, or agency of the federal government while in the discharge of the employee's official duties;
9. The practice of providing cosmetic laser services by a student enrolled in an accredited school of nursing or medical school as part of his or her training; or
10. Employees or authorized representatives of a manufacturer of a laser used for cosmetic laser services from engaging in one or more of the following: evaluating, adjusting, measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, servicing, training, repairing, replacing, or delivering a laser used to provide cosmetic laser services under the order, direction, or prescription of a physician or health provider operating within his or her licensed scope of practice.

(Code 1981, §43-34-243, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 626, § 1/HB 528; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.)