Scope check
Who may lawfully perform this, in this state?
Checked against the rule the state actually wrote down — quoted, cited, and linked at source. This compares a procedure against a published limit; it is not a judgement about what a treatment does to skin, and it is not legal advice.
Our scope corpus holds rules read at source for 50 states across 9 service categories. Coverage is uneven and we show you which you are in on every answer. Where we have not read a rule we say so — we never treat our silence as the state's permission.
Where the corpus is deep, and where it isn’t
Read this before you rely on a quiet answer. A category with few states behind it is a category where we will more often tell you we don’t know — which is the correct answer, and not the same as a green light.
| Procedure | States with a rule on record |
|---|---|
| Injectable (neuromodulator, dermal filler) | 45 |
| Chemical peel | 31 |
| Microneedling / collagen induction | 30 |
| Energy device (laser, IPL, RF, plasma, ultrasound) | 20 |
| Mechanical exfoliation (dermaplaning, microdermabrasion) | 11 |
| Micropigmentation / permanent makeup | 9 |
| Body contouring (cryolipolysis, RF, ultrasound) | 8 |
| Hair removal (laser / IPL) | 5 |
| Sclerotherapy | 4 |
Every rule behind these answers is read at an official source and cited. The wider cited corpus — supervision, good-faith exams, ownership and CPOM, advertising — lives on the state pages, and how we decide what to publish is written down in the methodology.