New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 34 - BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS
Part 5 - REGULAR LICENSES
Section 16.34.5.13 - ELECTROLOGIST LICENSE (600 HOURS OR EQUIVALENT CREDIT)

An electrologist license permits the licensee to remove from or destroy hair on the human body through the use of electrolysis or any other means of temporary or permanent hair removal. Electrolysis is defined as the decomposition of a chemical compound or body tissues, particularly hair root protein through the use of an electric current applied to the body with an invasive, needle-shaped electrode or probe.