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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 51 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.
Alaska · Injectable (neuromodulator, dermal filler) · Rule on record
We have read and cited this state's own rule for injectable (neuromodulator, dermal filler). The verdict below rests on that text, linked at source so you can verify it.
Injectable (neuromodulator, dermal filler) is outside Esthetician scope in AK.
Alaska has no rule that names neuromodulators or dermal fillers, and does not need one. The practice of medicine is defined to include administering, for a fee, to any human “blemish”, “deformity” or “disfigurement” — cosmetic conditions, named in the statute. Esthetics is separately defined as the use of the hands, appliances, cosmetic preparations, antiseptics or lotions in massaging, cleansing, stimulating or similar work on the scalp, face or neck. An injection is not that. ⛔ AND THE DELEGATION ROUTE DOES NOT REOPEN IT: 12 AAC 40.920 permits a physician to delegate a routine medical duty only where performing it would NOT require professional medical judgment, and only to one named person for one named patient. Injecting a prescription-only biologic is not a routine duty within that limit. No Alaska cosmetology-board license carries authority to inject.
- Alaska has no rule that names neuromodulators or dermal fillers, and does not need one. The practice of medicine is defined to include administering, for a fee, to any human “blemish”, “deformity” or “disfigurement” — cosmetic conditions, named in the statute. Esthetics is separately defined as the use of the hands, appliances, cosmetic preparations, antiseptics or lotions in massaging, cleansing, stimulating or similar work on the scalp, face or neck. An injection is not that. ⛔ AND THE DELEGATION ROUTE DOES NOT REOPEN IT: 12 AAC 40.920 permits a physician to delegate a routine medical duty only where performing it would NOT require professional medical judgment, and only to one named person for one named patient. Injecting a prescription-only biologic is not a routine duty within that limit. No Alaska cosmetology-board license carries authority to inject.
The rule this rests on
for a fee, donation or other consideration, to diagnose, treat, operate on, prescribe for, or administer to, any human ailment, blemish, deformity, disease, disfigurement, disorder, injury, or other mental or physical condition
AS 08.64.380(6)(A) (Definition of "practice of medicine") · verified 2026-09-06 · read at source
the use of the hands, appliances, cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, or lotions in massaging, cleansing, stimulating, or similar work on the scalp, face or neck, including skin care, make-up, and temporary removal of superfluous hair, for cosmetic purposes for a fee
AS 08.13.220(5) (Definition of "esthetics") · verified 2026-09-06 · read at source
performance of the delegated duty would not require the person to whom it is delegated to exercise professional medical judgment or have knowledge of complex medical skills
12 AAC 40.920(a)(6) (A delegated duty may not require professional medical judgment) · verified 2026-09-06 · read at source
The delegation of a routine duty to another person under this section is specific to that person and for that patient, and does not authorize any other person to perform the delegated duty.
12 AAC 40.920(c) (Delegation is specific to that person and that patient) · verified 2026-09-06 · read at source
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Where the corpus is deep, and where it isn’t
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| Procedure | States with a rule on record |
|---|---|
| Injectable (neuromodulator, dermal filler) | 46 |
| Energy device (laser, IPL, RF, plasma, ultrasound) | 39 |
| Microneedling / collagen induction | 38 |
| Hair removal (laser / IPL) | 35 |
| Chemical peel | 34 |
| Micropigmentation / permanent makeup | 34 |
| Mechanical exfoliation (dermaplaning, microdermabrasion) | 33 |
| Sclerotherapy | 29 |
| Body contouring (cryolipolysis, RF, ultrasound) | 17 |
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