Scotland announces big shake up for the cosmetic treatments sector
Abstract
David Sines and Andrew Rankin discuss the Scottish Government's intention to introduce a new licensing and regulation scheme for non-surgical cosmetic procedures
The cosmetic treatments industry faces its biggest shake up in a generation according to the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP). A major consultation, launched by the Scottish Government on Friday 20th December seeks the views of members of the public on a new scheme of licencing and regulation for non-surgical cosmetic procedures such as breast and buttock augmentation, liposuction, vitamin infusions, weight loss injections, ablative lasers botulinum toxin injections, chemical peels and dermal fillers etc.
The proposals outlined in the consultation paper for a new scheme of licensing and regulation would require both a premises and practitioner licence to undertake lower risk procedures, with higher risk procedures restricted to a regulated setting will involve possession of both a practitioner licence and a premises licence and will make it an offence for anybody to carry out non-surgical cosmetic treatments without a license (and/or in the absence of proposed systems of regulatory control and professional oversight).
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