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Botox and Collagen
Can a nurse inject Botox and Collagen?
In
September 2004, the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners issued an opinion
stating that the procedures Botox, Restylane, Collagen and Mesotherapy
are considered to be the practice of medicine and as such, each
procedure must be performed by a licensed physician.
Can a nurse inject Botox
in a GI lab while assisting the physician?
In March 2006, the
Alabama Board of Medical Examiners issued a subsequent opinion and it
was affirmed by the Alabama Board of Nursing that the nurse’s injection
of Botox is within the scope of nursing practice when the nurse is
assisting the physician who is actively involved in the procedure such
as in the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy laboratory. |
