HB4281 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 35706 SPS 65782 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4281

Introduced 1/16/2024, by Rep. Travis Weaver

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 410/3A-1	from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-1
225 ILCS 410/3A-6.5 new

Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall issue a licensed esthetician a certificate as a certified medical esthetician if the licensee satisfies additional training requirements, as determined by the Department. Provides that a certified medical esthetician may perform all services that an esthetician may perform as an unlicensed assistant to a physician, including microdermabrasion, dermaplaning, microneedling, and radio frequency treatment, without the supervision of a physician. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules to implement and administer the provisions. Makes corresponding changes.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985 is amended by changing Section 3A-1 and by adding Section 3A-6.5 as follows:

(225 ILCS 410/3A-1) (from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-1)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)

Sec. 3A-1. Esthetics defined.

(A) Any one or combination of the following practices, when done for cosmetic or beautifying purposes and not for the treatment of disease or of a muscular or nervous disorder, constitutes the practice of esthetics:

1. Beautifying, massaging, cleansing, exfoliating, or stimulating the stratum corneum of the epidermis by the use of cosmetic preparations, body treatments, body wraps, hydrotherapy, or any device, electrical, mechanical, or otherwise, for the care of the skin;

2. Applying make-up or eyelashes to any person or lightening or coloring hair on the body except the scalp; and

3. Removing superfluous hair from the body of any person; and .

4. Performing services as a certified medical esthetician, including microdermabrasion, dermaplaning, microneedling, and radio frequency treatment.

However, esthetics does not include the services provided by a cosmetologist or electrologist. Estheticians are prohibited from using techniques, products, and practices intended to affect the living layers of the skin. The term esthetics includes rendering advice on what is cosmetically appealing, but no person licensed under this Act shall render advice on what is appropriate medical treatment for diseases of the skin.

(B) "Esthetician" means any person who, with hands or mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances, engages only in the use of cosmetic preparations, body treatments, body wraps, hydrotherapy, makeups, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, creams or other preparations or in the practice of massaging, cleansing, exfoliating the stratum corneum of the epidermis, stimulating, manipulating, beautifying, grooming, threading, or similar work on the face, neck, arms and hands or body in a superficial mode, and not for the treatment of medical disorders.

(Source: P.A. 98-911, eff. 1-1-15.)

(225 ILCS 410/3A-6.5 new)

Sec. 3A-6.5. Certified medical estheticians. The Department shall issue a licensed esthetician a certificate as a certified medical esthetician if the licensee satisfies additional training requirements, as determined by the Department. A certified medical estheticians may perform all services that an esthetician may perform as an unlicensed assistant to a physician, including microdermabrasion, dermaplaning, microneedling, and radio frequency treatment, without the supervision of a physician. The Department shall adopt rules to implement and administer this Section.