Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 974
       
       
        
       By Senator Sobel
       
       
       
       
       
       33-00403B-16                                           2016974__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to hair restoration or transplant;
    3         creating ss. 458.352 and 459.027, F.S.; defining the
    4         term “hair restoration or transplant”; prohibiting a
    5         person who is not licensed or is not certified under
    6         ch. 458, F.S., ch. 459, F.S., or s. 464.012, F.S.,
    7         from performing a hair restoration or transplant or
    8         making incisions for the purpose of performing a hair
    9         restoration or transplant; providing an effective
   10         date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 458.352, Florida Statutes, is created to
   15  read:
   16         458.352 Hair restoration or transplant.—
   17         (1) As used in this section, the term “hair restoration or
   18  transplant” means a surgical procedure that extracts or removes
   19  hair follicles from one location on an individual living human
   20  body for the purpose of redistributing the hair follicles to
   21  another location on that body.
   22         (2) A person who is not licensed under this chapter or
   23  chapter 459 or certified under s. 464.012 may not perform a hair
   24  restoration or transplant or make incisions for the purpose of
   25  performing a hair restoration or transplant.
   26         Section 2. Section 459.027, Florida Statutes, is created to
   27  read:
   28         459.027 Hair restoration or transplant.—
   29         (1) As used in this section, the term “hair restoration or
   30  transplant” means a surgical procedure that extracts or removes
   31  hair follicles from one location on an individual living human
   32  body for the purpose of redistributing the hair follicles to
   33  another location on that body.
   34         (2) A person who is not licensed under this chapter or
   35  chapter 458 or certified under s. 464.012 may not perform a hair
   36  restoration or transplant or make incisions for the purpose of
   37  performing a hair restoration or transplant.
   38         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.