OF TEXAS
AUSTIN. TEXAS 78711
October 5, 1977
Mr. Ron Resech, Executive Opinion No'. H-1066
Director
Texas Cosmetology Commission Re: Whether use of a
1111 Rio Grande depilatron machine is
Austin, Texas subject to regulation
by the Texas Cosmetology
Commission.
Dear Mr. Resech:
You have requested our opinion concerning whether the
use of a depilatron machine is subject to regulation by the
Texas Cosmetology Commission. You explain that a depilatron
machine is a device for the removal of hair by use of a pair
of tweezers which carry an electric current.
Article 8451a, V.T.C.S., provides for regulation by the
Cosmetology Commission of the removal of "superfluous hair from
the body by use of depilatories or tweezers." Sec. 1 (3) (c).
See Attorney General Opinion M-1270 (1972). Since the statute
zes no distinction between mechanical and electric tweezers,
the use of a depilatron machine is within the regulatory
jurisdiction of the Texas Cosmetology Commission.
SUMMARY
The use of a depilatron machine is within
the regulatory jurisdiction of the Texas
Cosmetology Commission.
;~Attorney General of Texas
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APPROVED:
DAVID M. KENDALL, First Assistant
C. ROBERT HEATH, Chairman
Opinion Committee
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