Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3072

  • Board: means the State Board of Electrolysis Examiners. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3051
  • Electrologist: means any person who for compensation practices electrolysis for the permanent removal of hair, except a physician licensed to practice medicine who performs electrolysis in his practice or a person who engages, on behalf of a manufacturer or distributor, solely in demonstrating the use of any machine or other article for the purpose of sale, without charge to the person who is the subject of the demonstration. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3051
  • Electrology: means the art and practice of removing hair from the normal skin of the body by the application of an electric current to the hair papilla by means of a needle or needles so as to cause growth inactivity of the hair papilla and thus permanently remove hair. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3051
  • Electrolysis: means the process by which hair is removed from the normal skin by the application of an electric current to the hair root by means of a needle or needles being inserted into the hair follicle, whether the process employs direct electric current or short wave alternating electric current. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3051

A.  The board shall fix and collect uniform fees which shall not exceed the following amounts for each type of fee and which shall not be refundable:    

(1)

Application fee for license to practice electrology

$

200.00

(2)

Issuance of duplicate of certificate of license

$

25.00

(3)

Application fee for license of electrology school

(each location)

$

500.00

(4)

Application for certificate of annual renewal of

license to practice electrology

$

100.00

(5)

Application for certificate of annual renewal of

license of an electrologist school (each location)

$

300.00

(6)

Delinquency fee

$

50.00

(7)

Application fee for license of electrologist

apprenticeship program (each location)

$

200.00

(8)

Application fee for certificate of annual renewal of

electrologist apprenticeship program (each program)

$

100.00

(9)

Application fee for instructor’s license

$

150.00

(10)

Application fee for certificate of annual renewal

of instructor’s license

$

100.00

(11)

Re-testing fee

$

15.00

B.  All fees received by the board and all fines collected under the provisions of this Chapter shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall place them in a special fund to the credit of the State Board of Electrolysis Examiners.  The board shall have authority to expend the moneys in said fund for the operating expenses of the board and for other expenses incurred in the administration and enforcement of this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 748, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.  Acts 1983, No. 605, §1; Acts 1993, No. 819, §1.