Subpart 1.
Cosmetology.
The practice of cosmetology includes the services defined
under Minnesota Statutes, section
155A.23, subdivision
3, and includes all services in subparts
2,
3, and
4. Cosmetology does not
include advanced practice esthetic services in subpart 5. Cosmetology practice
includes:
A. shampooing, conditioning,
cutting, clipping, coloring, dressing, processing, shaping, straightening,
bleaching, tinting, styling, blow-drying, or waving a person's hair, eyebrows,
or eyelashes;
B. styling, cutting,
and coloring wigs when on a person's head;
C. cleansing, massaging, and stimulating the
scalp;
D. using a razor to remove
hair from the head, face, and neck; and
E. other services for the cosmetic care of
the hair, head, and scalp.
Subp.
2.
Esthetics.
The practice of esthiology is the cosmetic treatment of the
stratum corneum of the epidermal layer of the skin surface. Esthetic practice
includes eyelash technology services in subpart
4 and includes items A to
F:
A. cleansing, stimulating, or
massaging a person's scalp, face, neck, arms, legs, or trunk with or without
the use of any cosmetic preparation, antiseptic, tonic, lotion, or cream;
B. cosmetic care of a person's
face, eyelashes, eyebrows, lips, nose, neck, arms, legs, or trunk using a
cosmetic preparation, antiseptic, tonic, lotion, powder, oil, gels, paraffin,
clay, cream, or makeup;
C. basic
exfoliation as defined in part
2105.0010, manual or machine skin
cleansing, and basic extractions;
D. removing hair from a person's body using
depilatories, waxes, preparations, sugaring, or tweezing;
E. application of makeup or airbrush makeup,
eyelash and eyebrow tinting, eyebrow shaping and trimming, eyelash and eyebrow
enhancements, facials, and body wraps; and
F. other cosmetic personal services on the
stratum corneum layer of the epidermis.
Subp. 3.
Nail technician
services.
The practice of nail technology is the cosmetic care of the
hands, feet, and nails. Nail technician services do not include waxing, eyelash
or eyebrow enhancements, or any other esthetician service. Nail technicians
must not use any tool or equipment to penetrate the skin.
Nail technology includes:
A. cleansing, removing polish, cutting,
trimming, polishing, tinting, coloring, or manicuring the fingernails or
toenails;
B. attaching and removing
acrylic, other artificial nails, or nail enhancements;
C. cleansing, massaging, and cosmetic care of
the skin of the hands and feet including paraffin treatments;
D. callus removal by the use of callus
removal products, sanding, buffing, or fling;
E. massaging the hands, feet, and lower arms
and legs in conjunction with any practice described in items A to F;
and
F. other services for the
cosmetic care of the hands, feet, and nails.
Nail technician services do not
include waxing, eyelash or eyebrow enhancements, or any other esthetician
service. Nail technicians must not use any tool or equipment to penetrate the
skin.
Subp.
4.
Advanced practice esthetic services.
The practice of advanced practice (AP) esthetics is the
cosmetic treatment of the epidermal layer of the skin. AP estheticians must not
use any tool or implement designed to penetrate beyond the epidermal dermal
juncture. AP esthetics includes esthetic services in subpart
2 and:
A. advanced exfoliation;
B. electrical energy treatments including
light therapy, galvanic current, microcurrent, radio frequency, and other
energy treatments;
C. lymphatic
drainage; and
D. other cosmetic
personal services on the epidermal layer of the skin.
Subp. 5.
Advanced practice esthetic
services.
The practice of advanced practice (AP) esthetics is the
cosmetic treatment of the epidermal layer of the skin. AP esthetics includes
esthetic services in subpart
2 and:
A. advanced exfoliation as defined in part
2105.0010 including dermaplaning,
microdermabrasion, chemical or enzyme exfoliation, and other exfoliation
methods that exceed the stratum corneum;
B. advanced skin care treatments using
electrical energy treatments including light therapy, galvanic current,
microcurrent, high frequency, radio frequency, sound waves; and lymphatic
drainage; and advanced extractions. Laser, as identified in Minnesota Statutes,
section
147.081,
subdivision 3, as the practice of medicine is not an advanced practice esthetic
service;
C. skin needling;
and
D. other cosmetic personal
services on the epidermal layer of the skin.
