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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74475</law_id><section_number>54.1-2973.1</section_number><catch_line>Practice of laser hair removal</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="29">Medicine and Other Healing Arts</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="6">General Standards of Practice</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The practice of laser hair removal shall be performed by a properly trained person licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine or a <span class="dictionary">physician assistant</span> as authorized pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="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" href="/54.1-2952/">54.1-2952</a> or an <span class="dictionary">advanced practice registered nurse</span> as authorized pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Licensure and practice of advanced practice registered nurses; certified nurse midwives; independent practice of certified nurse midwives" href="/54.1-2957/">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 <span class="dictionary">physician assistant</span> as authorized pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="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" href="/54.1-2952/">54.1-2952</a> or an <span class="dictionary">advanced practice registered nurse</span> as authorized pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Licensure and practice of advanced practice registered nurses; certified nurse midwives; independent practice of certified nurse midwives" href="/54.1-2957/">54.1-2957</a> who may delegate such practice in accordance with subdivision A 6 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Exceptions and exemptions generally" href="/54.1-2901/">54.1-2901</a>.</p></section></text><history>2017, c. 390; 2023, c. 183.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
