Assembly Bill A11055

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   11055
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              October 7, 2020
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 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hyndman) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the  general  business  law,  in  relation  to  allowing
   licensed  estheticians  and licensed cosmetologists to practice micro-
   needling
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 6 of section 400 of the general business law,
 as added by chapter 509 of the laws of 1992, is amended  and  three  new
 subdivisions 6-a, 7-a and 12 are added to read as follows:
   6.  The  practice  of  "esthetics"  means  providing for a fee, or any
 consideration or exchange,  whether  direct  or  indirect,  services  to
 enhance the appearance of the face, neck, arms, legs, and shoulders of a
 human  being  by  the  use  of compounds or procedures including makeup,
 eyelashes, depilatories, tonics, lotions, waxes, MICRONEEDLING,  sanding
 and tweezing, whether performed by manual, mechanical, chemical or elec-
 trical means and instruments but shall not include the practice of elec-
 trology.
   6-A. "ESTHETICIAN" MEANS A PERSON LICENSED TO PRACTICE ESTHETICS.
   7-A. "COSMETOLOGIST" MEANS A PERSON LICENSED TO PRACTICE COSMETOLOGY.
   12.  "MICRONEEDLING"  MEANS  THE USE OF A ROLLER COVERED IN VERY SMALL
 NEEDLES TO INSERT VERY SMALL NEEDLES INTO THE SKIN.
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 404-d
 to read as follows:
   § 404-D. MICRONEEDLING FIVE HOUR COURSE. 1. ALL LICENSED  ESTHETICIANS
 AND  LICENSED  COSMETOLOGISTS  SHALL  IN ORDER TO PRACTICE MICRONEEDLING
 COMPLETE A FIVE HOUR MICRONEEDLING APPROVED COURSE OFFERED BY A NEW YORK
 STATE LICENSED APPEARANCE ENHANCEMENT SCHOOL WHOSE CURRICULUM  FOR  SUCH
 COURSE  WAS  APPROVED  BY  THE BUREAU OF PROPRIETARY SCHOOL SUPERVISION.
 UPON COMPLETION OF SUCH COURSE, ALL LICENSED ESTHETICIANS  AND  LICENSED
 COSMETOLOGISTS  WHO  COMPLETE  THE COURSE SHALL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF
 COMPLETION IN THEORY AND PRACTICAL PROFICIENCY IN MICRONEEDLING.
   2. THE FIVE HOUR MICRONEEDLING COURSE CURRICULUM SHALL  INCLUDE  PRAC-
 TICING MICRONEEDLING AND UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14039-03-0

 A. 11055                            2
 
 ED TO, PROPER HANDLING, SANITIZING, DISINFECTING, AND DISPOSING OF MATE-
 RIALS THAT ENCOUNTER BLOOD OR BODILY FLUIDS TO ENSURE BOTH THE SAFETY OF
 THE ESTHETICIAN AND THE CONSUMER.
   3.  IN  ORDER  TO  ENROLL  IN  THE FIVE HOUR MICRONEEDLING COURSE, THE
 LICENSED ESTHETICIANS OR LICENSED COSMETOLOGISTS  SHALL  SHOW  PROOF  OF
 COMPLETION  AND PASSING OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
 BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.