New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Plc - Executive Director, Office of Professional Licensure and Certification
Chapter Plc 700 - ELECTROLOGISTS
Part Plc 707 - OFFICE, SCHOOL, AND PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS; SANITATION; INSPECTIONS
Section Plc 707.07 - Certain Treatment Prohibited

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Plc 707.07

Current through Register No. 13, March 27, 2025

(a) Electrologists shall not perform electrolysis or IPL on the following areas of the body:

(1) Mucous membranes; and

(2) Breasts of a woman who is nursing.

(b) Electrologists shall not treat the following conditions:

(1) Warts;

(2) Ingrown eyelashes;

(3) Spider veins, meaning a branch growth of dilated capillaries that can resemble a spider web near the surface of, and visible through, the skin; and

(4) Skin tags, meaning tiny benign protrusions of the skin on the neck, armpits, upper trunk, and body folds.

(c) Electrologists shall not perform electrolysis or IPL on areas with the following conditions:

(1) Herpes in its active stage;

(2) Skin malignancy; and

(3) Any type of infected or inflamed area other than an ingrown hair.

(d) Electrologists shall not perform electrolysis or IPL on a person with impetigo or any other contagious skin disease.

(e) Electrologists shall not perform electrolysis or IPL on a client with any of the following conditions, except upon receipt of written authorization from the client's physician:

(1) Diabetes;

(2) Cardiac disorders treated with a pacemaker;

(3) Coagulation disorders;

(4) Disorders treated with drugs that have anticoagulant effects;

(5) Moles for which the client is requesting treatment;

(6) Cochlear implants; and

(7) Pregnancy.

(f) If a pregnant woman has written authorization from her physician that treatment may be performed, thermolysis shall be the only modality used.

(g) Any licensee who has not had training on IPL devices as part of his or her school curriculum who wishes to use IPL shall first take and pass at least a 30-hour course specific to IPL. Proof of the curriculum or course shall be submitted to the executive director prior to using IPL therapy.

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