Oklahoma § 59-538.3 - Practitioner requirements — Oversight

§ 59-538.3. Practitioner requirements — Oversight

A. A laser practitioner shall only perform laser hair removal

using lasers or pulsed light devices approved by the United States

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for noninvasive procedures.

B. A person shall not perform or attempt to perform laser hair

removal unless the person holds the appropriate health professional

license or certificate as defined in Section 538.2 of this title, or

the person is a laser practitioner performing laser hair removal

under the supervision of a physician as defined in paragraphs 1

through 6 of subsection A of Section 725.2 of this title, a

certified physician assistant, or a certified Advanced Practice

Registered Nurse. A laser practitioner who is not a physician shall

complete a laser practitioner training and education program. A

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laser training and education program may be completed internally at

the laser hair removal facility or via a third party, provided such

third-party program is overseen by a physician. A laser

practitioner training and education program shall include forty (40)

total hours of training, which may be a combination of didactic

training, in-person hands-on training, and performance of laser hair

removal procedures.

C. A laser hair removal facility shall be overseen by a

physician, as defined in paragraphs 1 through 6 of subsection A of

Section 725.2 of this title, a certified physician assistant, or a

certified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse.

D. The overseeing physician shall:

1. Establish proper protocols for laser hair removal provided

at a facility including, but not limited to, complication

management. A laser practitioner shall follow all written procedure

protocols established and revised by the overseeing physician. Such

protocols shall require utilizing a physician, physician assistant,

or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse for complication management;

2. Determine the number of laser practitioners under such

physician's supervision; and

3. Review not less than ten percent (10%) of laser hair removal

patient records.

Every physician or physician assistant or Advanced Practice

Registered Nurse shall establish a relationship with patients which

shall include an initial evaluation, prior to treatment, that is

either face-to-face or via telemedicine that is performed by the

physician or physician assistant or Advanced Practice Registered

Nurse.

As part of the patient relationship, each physician or certified

physician assistant or certified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

shall create a patient chart. The chart shall contain an informed

consent, a treatment plan that includes risks, benefits,

alternatives, follow-up, and care for potential complications.

E. A physician shall not be required to be physically present

or to supervise laser hair removal, but shall be available for

communication during the procedure, either in person or by two-way,

real time interactive communication.

F. The conduct of allopathic physicians and physician

assistants pursuant to this act shall be regulated by the State

Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. The conduct of

osteopathic physicians pursuant to this act shall be regulated by

the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners. The conduct of Registered

Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Advanced Practice Registered

Nurses pursuant to this act shall be regulated by the Oklahoma Board

of Nursing.

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G. Nothing in this act shall prohibit any person in the healing

arts, in this state, under any other act, from engaging in the

practice for which he or she is duly licensed.

Added by Laws 2024, c. 291, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2024. Amended by Laws

2025, c. 222, § 1, emerg. eff. May 15, 2025.