Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4713 - State Cosmetology and Barber Board
Chapter 4713-8 - Standards of Safe and Effective Practice
Section 4713-8-04 - Standards relating to competent practice as an esthetician
Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A) An esthetician shall provide cosmetology services within a salon where the license is current, active, and appropriate to the scope of practice of esthetics for an esthetician as set forth in section 4713.01 of the Revised Code and the rules of the board.
(B) An esthetician shall maintain knowledge of the duties, responsibilities, and accountabilities of practice and shall practice in accordance with the following:
(C) An esthetician shall demonstrate competence and accountability in all areas of practice in which the esthetician is engaged which includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(D) Estheticians shall not provide any service that claims to have a medical or healing benefit. The scope of practice is limited to beautification, relaxation, and non-invasive services only. The term "therapy" shall only be used for services described in paragraph (PP) of rule 4713-1-01 of the Administrative Code.
(E) Estheticians may exfoliate stratum corneum cells only. They may use any chemical, mechanical or electrical service to exfoliate cells of the stratum corneum.
(F) Estheticians may use a sterile, single-use, disposable lancet to enhance the opening in a comedo or to create a small opening in the dead surface corneum to facilitate extraction of a milia. Estheticians shall not pierce the stratum corneum or use a lancet for any other purpose. Estheticians shall not perform a comedo enhancement or milia extraction with a lancet unless they have had specific, documented training for the procedure. Used lancets shall be immediately disposed of in a sharps disposal container.
(G) Estheticians working under the direct supervision of a licensed physician shall only provide services within their scope of practice as set forth in Chapter 4713. of the Revised Code and the rules promulgated thereunder.
(H) Chemical peels performed by an esthetician shall be mixed and used at an ingredient concentration of thirty per cent solution or less at final formulation with a pH value not less than three, unless all of the following conditions are met:
(I) Estheticians shall not provide services that ablate, damage, or alter any living cells.