Florida Senate - 2017                             CS for SB 1324
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       
       588-02950-17                                          20171324c1
    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 under ch. 458, F.S., or ch.
    6         459, F.S., or certified under s. 464.012, F.S., from
    7         performing a hair restoration or transplant or making
    8         incisions for the purpose of performing a hair
    9         restoration or transplant; providing construction;
   10         providing an effective 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 removes hair
   19  follicles from the body by coring with a hollow punch and
   20  removing the tissue or robotic instrument, by removing or
   21  dissecting a strip of tissue from the body containing hair
   22  follicles that may be dissected off the strip of tissue, or by
   23  extracting or removing hair follicles from one location on a
   24  living human body, for the purpose of redistributing the hair
   25  follicles to another location on the same human body.
   26         (2) A person who is not licensed under this chapter or
   27  chapter 459 or certified under s. 464.012 may not perform a hair
   28  restoration or transplant or make incisions for the purpose of
   29  performing a hair restoration or transplant. This subsection
   30  does not restrict a physician’s ability to delegate or supervise
   31  an advanced registered nurse practitioner or a physician
   32  assistant in the performance of hair restoration or transplant
   33  services.
   34         Section 2. Section 459.027, Florida Statutes, is created to
   35  read:
   36         459.027 Hair restoration or transplant.—
   37         (1) As used in this section, the term “hair restoration or
   38  transplant” means a surgical procedure that removes hair
   39  follicles by coring with a hollow punch and removing the tissue
   40  or robotic instrument, by removing or dissecting a strip of
   41  tissue from the body containing hair follicles that may be
   42  dissected off the strip of tissue, or by extracting or removing
   43  hair follicles from one location on a living human body, for the
   44  purpose of redistributing the hair follicles to another location
   45  on the same human body.
   46         (2) A person who is not licensed under this chapter or
   47  chapter 458 or certified under s. 464.012 may not perform a hair
   48  restoration or transplant or make incisions for the purpose of
   49  performing a hair restoration or transplant. This subsection
   50  does not restrict a physician’s ability to delegate or supervise
   51  an advanced registered nurse practitioner or a physician
   52  assistant in the performance of hair restoration or transplant
   53  services.
   54         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.