Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4713 - State Cosmetology and Barber Board
Chapter 4713-8 - Standards of Safe and Effective Practice
Section 4713-8-08 - Standards relating to competent practice as a barber
Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A) A barber shall provide barbering services within a barber shop where the license is current and active.
(B) A barber shall maintain knowledge of the duties, responsibilities, and accountabilities of practice and shall practice in accordance with the following:
(C) A barber shall demonstrate competence and accountability in all areas of practice in which the barber is engaged which includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(D) Barbers shall not provide any service that claims to have a medical or healing benefit. The scope of practice is limited to cosmetic, 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) Barber shall not provide a service on any area of the body other than the head, face, and neck.
(F) Barbers may exfoliate stratum corneum cells only. With proper training, barbers may use any chemical, mechanical, or electrical service to exfoliate cells of the stratum corneum on the head, face, or neck.
(G) Barbers 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. Barbers shall not pierce the stratum corneum or use a lancet for any other purpose. Barbers 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.
(H) Licensees using a device, equipment, chemical, or a product shall comply with the manufacturers' directions when using the device, equipment, chemical, or product.
(I) Barbers working under the direct supervision of a licensed physician shall provide only services within their scope of practice as set forth in Chapter 4709. of the Revised Code and the rules promulgated thereunder.
(J) Chemical peels performed by a barber 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:
(K) Barbers shall not provide services using any device that produces or amplifies electromagnetic radiation at wavelengths equal to or greater than one hundred eighty nanometers.
(L) Barbers shall not provide services that ablate, damage, or alter any living cells. This includes, but is not limited to, cryosculpting/coolsculpting, removal of skin tags, moles, or angiomas, microneedling, and plasma/fibroblast skin tightening.