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2014 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH
ARTICLE 8. ELECTROLOGISTS.
§16-8-1. Definitions.

WV Code § 16-8-1 (2014) What's This?

(a) "Electrology" means the art and practice relating to the removing of hair from the normal skin of the body by the application of an electric current to the hair papilla by means of a needle or needles, or by the application of an electronic tweezer having the electrical current flow through the hair and the follicle as in conventional electrolysis.

(b) "Electrolysis" means the process by which hair is removed from the normal skin by the application of an electric current to the hair root by means of a needle, needles or electronic tweezer, whether the process employs direct electric current to the hair root or by means of shortwave alternating electric current.

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