The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 4401)
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§ 4401. Purpose
The General Assembly finds that the public’s health would be better protected if services
by electrologists were regulated, because the unregulated practice of electrology
can harm or endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the public through use of improper
sterilization and infection control procedures. Electrology is the procedure performed
to remove hair permanently from the human body. This is accomplished by inserting
a fine, sterile needle into the hair follicle and applying a measured amount of electricity
to produce heat or a chemical reaction to permanently destroy the hair follicle’s
germinating capacity. The practice of electrology requires adherence to strict sanitary
and sterilization processes and, therefore, regulation should be by licensure of electrologists. (Added 1999, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), § 46, eff. Jan. 1, 2001; amended 2005, No. 27, § 101.)