May an esthetician or laser technician perform microneedling in Nebraska?
Oversight · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
The cited rules do not settle this — esthetics is bounded to the skin or epidermis and never names microneedling, so needling below the epidermis falls outside the license; lasers and injectables are excluded from esthetics and cosmetology outright.
The board bounds esthetics to the surface, which is where a microneedling question is answered. 002.02 ESTHETICS . The definition of esthetics is set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1026. The practice of esthetics is upon the skin or epidermis. The rule bounds the license to the epidermis and does not name microneedling.
Neb. Admin. Code tit. 172, ch. 36, § 002.02 (esthetics is practiced UPON THE EPIDERMIS) · verified Sep 7, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
Related Nebraska rules
The practice of esthetics does not include using injectables and lasers. The same chapter says the same of cosmetology: The practice of cosmetology does not include using injectables and lasers.
Neb. Admin. Code tit. 172, ch. 36, §§ 002.01(G), 002.02 (neither license reaches injectables or lasers) · verified Sep 7, 2026
Delegating means transferring to another individual the authority, responsibility, and accountability to perform nursing interventions.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §38-2205 (“Delegating” defined) · verified Sep 3, 2026
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