Section 0540-01-.03 - NECESSITY OF LICENSURE(1) Prior to engaging in the practice of electrolysis in Tennessee a person must hold a current Tennessee license.(2) It is unlawful for any person who is not licensed in the manner prescribed in Title 63, Chapter 26 of the Tennessee Code Annotated to present himself as an electrologist or electrology instructor or to hold himself out to the public as being licensed by using a title on signs, mailboxes, address plates, stationery, announcements, telephone listings, calling cards, or other instruments of professional identification.(3) Electrology is one of the healing arts and as such the practice is restricted to those persons issued a credential by this Board. Persons engaging in the practice of electrology without being licensed or expressly exempted by the laws are in violation of division law, T.C.A. § 631-123.(4) No other person shall hold himself out to the public by a title or description of services incorporating the word "electrologist" and he shall not state or imply that he is licensed. The provisions of these rules do not apply to a person if that person is preparing for the practice of electrology under a qualified electrology instructor in a training facility approved by the Board of Electrology.(5) Persons engaging in the instruction of electrology without being licensed or expressly exempted by the laws are in violation of division law, T.C.A. § 63-1-123.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0540-01-.03
Original rule filed May 3, 1976; effective June 2, 1976. Repeal filed September 29, 1989; effective November 13, 1989. New rule filed December 28, 1995; effective March 12, 1996. Amendment filed December 13, 2012; effective May 31, 2013. However a petition for a rulemaking hearing was filed on January 7, 2013.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-1-123, 63-26-108, 63-26-119, 63-26-122, and 63-26-123.