Alabama Administrative Code
Title 540 - ALABAMA BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS
Chapter 540-X-11 - GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF LASERS AND OTHER MODALITIES AFFECTING LIVING TISSUE
Section 540-X-11-.01 - Purpose

(1) The use of lasers/pulsed light devices, or any energy source, chemical, or other modality that affects living tissue (when referring to the skin, anything below the stratum corneum), whether applied for surgical, therapeutic, or cosmetic purposes, is the practice of medicine.

(2) The purpose of these rules is to provide guidelines for the use of these devices for ablative and non-ablative treatment by physicians. Nothing in these rules shall be construed to relieve the supervising physician of the professional or legal responsibility for the care and treatment of the physician's patients.

(3) These rules shall not apply to the following:

(4) These rules shall apply to the removal of body art wth LLBD but shall not apply to the practice of placing "body art," as defined in Chapter 420-3-23 of the Administrative Rules of the Alabama Department of Public Health, which is not a part of patient treatment; and which is performed with equipment specifically manufactured for performing body art procedures and specifically used according to the manufacturer's instructions and standard professional practice; and which is otherwise regulated by the Alabama Department of Public Health.

(5) These rules shall not apply to the use of a laser/pulsed light device, energy source, chemical or other modality that affects living tissue which occurs in "hospitals" as defined in the Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-21-20.