| Facial Forward: Esthetics Clarified |
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| For Consumers, Practitioners |
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The Oregon Health Licensing Agency (OHLA) and Board of Cosmetology originally launched the practitioner and public education campaign, Facial Forward, in 2006.
The goal of the campaign: to clarify the regulatory boundaries of the esthetics scope of practice. With esthetic devices and technology increasingly extending the capabilities of licensed professionals, regulatory requirements must be flexible enough to keep pace with rapid change while ensuring public safety.
We have updated the campaign in 2008 with a new fact sheet on laser safety and revised the fact sheet Estheticians: Within Their Scope of Practice? that describes services estheticians may or may not provide.
We encourage both consumers and practitioners to review these materials and contact OHLA for further clarification.
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| Forward to 2008: Laser Safety |
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State regulations currently allow estheticians to use lasers and light-based devices such as intense pulsed light, but only if the intended use of the device is specifically for services within the esthetics scope of practice.
OHLA and the Board of Cosmetology have developed interim guidelines for the safe use of these devices. These guidelines are preliminary and will be further developed prior to and after proposed legislation in 2009 to update esthetic standards.
The goal: to allow estheticians use of equipment and devices that provide them with the latest tools to provide skin care services, rather than prohibiting use of such devices simply because they are lasers or have been traditionally thought of as beyond the scope of esthetics.
However, we recognize that these devices carry potential health and safety risks both to practitioners and consumers. We encourage feedback from the esthetics field as well as any other field, particularly the medical field, involved in the use and development of these new technologies.
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| A Brief Legislative History |
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To keep pace with developments in the esthetics field, OHLA and the Board of Cosmetology continue to propose regulatory solutions through outreach, legislation and regulatory updates.
Following is information on recent legislation to provide a short history on why legislation was needed and as background for proposed legislation in 2009.
- House Bill 2105 News Release — Legislation passed in 2005 revised cosmetology statutory definitions, allowing for regulation of full-body skin care and revising facial technology to esthetics.
- House Bill 2105 Fact Sheet —Describes the need for legislation and how it conformed statutory language to current industry practice.
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| Links to More Information |
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FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
The link below to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provides a searchable database of devices, including devices for skin care, that are required to gain pre-approval to be marketed in the United States.
Estheticians and device manufacturers/distributors should review the intended use of the device to determine if it is allowed for skin care services.
Search 510(k) Database
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPMN/pmn.cfm
Questions? Contact OHLA at 503-378-8667 or ohla.info@state.or.us.
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