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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 390<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2023, chapter 183<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83528,"section_number":"54.1-2901","catch_line":"Exceptions and exemptions generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2901\/"},{"id":77494,"section_number":"54.1-2952","catch_line":"Role of patient care team physician or patient care team podiatrist on patient care teams; services that may be performed by physician assistants; responsibility of licensee; employment of physician assistants","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2952\/"},{"id":64164,"section_number":"54.1-2957","catch_line":"Licensure and practice of advanced practice registered nurses; certified nurse midwives; independent practice of certified nurse midwives","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2957\/"}],"permalink":{"id":242545,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74475,"identifier":"54.1-2973.1","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/6\/54.1-2973.1","url":"\/54.1-2973.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-2973.1\/","token":"54.1\/III\/29\/6\/54.1-2973.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Practice of laser hair removal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-2973.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The practice of laser hair removal shall be performed by a properly trained person licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine or a physician assistant<\/span> as authorized pursuant to \u00a7 54.1-2952<\/a> or an advanced practice registered nurse<\/span> as authorized pursuant to \u00a7 54.1-2957<\/a> or by a properly trained person under the direction and supervision of a licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine or a physician assistant<\/span> as authorized pursuant to \u00a7 54.1-2952<\/a> or an advanced practice registered nurse<\/span> as authorized pursuant to \u00a7 54.1-2957<\/a> who may delegate such practice in accordance with subdivision A 6 of \u00a7 54.1-2901<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRACTICE OF LASER HAIR REMOVAL (\u00a7 54.1-2973.1)\n\nThe practice of laser hair removal shall be performed by a properly trained\nperson licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine or a physician\nassistant as authorized pursuant to \u00a7 54.1-2952 or an advanced practice\nregistered nurse as authorized pursuant to \u00a7 54.1-2957 or by a properly trained\nperson under the direction and supervision of a licensed doctor of medicine or\nosteopathic medicine or a physician assistant as authorized pursuant to \u00a7\n54.1-2952 or an advanced practice registered nurse as authorized pursuant to \u00a7\n54.1-2957 who may delegate such practice in accordance with subdivision A 6 of\n\u00a7 54.1-2901.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 390; 2023, c. 183.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}