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                                  3084--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Economic Development --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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 FDA-APPROVED  NEEDLES  NO  LONGER
 THAN  THREE TENTHS OF A MILLIMETER IN LENGTH TO CREATE CONTROLLED MICRO-
 INJURIES IN THE SKIN TO IMPROVE ITS TEXTURE AND APPEARANCE.
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 404-d
 to read as follows:
   § 404-D. MICRONEEDLING FORTY-HOUR COURSE. 1. ALL LICENSED ESTHETICIANS
 AND LICENSED COSMETOLOGISTS SHALL IN  ORDER  TO  PRACTICE  MICRONEEDLING
 COMPLETE  A  FORTY-HOUR  MICRONEEDLING  APPROVED  COURSE  OFFERED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OF STATE. THIS COURSE SHALL BE OFFERED BY A NEW  YORK  STATE-
 LICENSED  APPEARANCE  ENHANCEMENT SCHOOL OR OTHER ENTITY APPROVED BY THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06432-02-5
              

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 BUREAU OF  PROPRIETARY  SCHOOL  SUPERVISION.  UPON  COMPLETION  OF  SUCH
 COURSE,  LICENSED ESTHETICIANS AND LICENSED COSMETOLOGISTS SHALL RECEIVE
 A CERTIFICATE OF  COMPLETION  DEMONSTRATING  THEORETICAL  KNOWLEDGE  AND
 PRACTICAL PROFICIENCY IN MICRONEEDLING.
   2.  THE  FORTY-HOUR MICRONEEDLING COURSE CURRICULUM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT
 NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SKIN.
   (B)  SAFETY  AND  INFECTION  CONTROL  PRACTICES,  INCLUDING  UNIVERSAL
 PRECAUTIONS.
   (C)  PROPER HANDLING, SANITIZING, DISINFECTING, AND DISPOSING OF MATE-
 RIALS THAT COME INTO CONTACT WITH BLOOD OR BODILY FLUIDS TO  ENSURE  THE
 SAFETY OF BOTH PRACTITIONERS AND CLIENTS.
   (D) CLIENT ASSESSMENT AND IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRAINDICATIONS.
   3.  ALL LICENSED ESTHETICIANS AND LICENSED COSMETOLOGISTS ENROLLING IN
 THE  FORTY-HOUR  MICRONEEDLING  COURSE SHALL PROVIDE PROOF OF COMPLETION
 AND PASSING OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION  BLOODBORNE
 PATHOGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.