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Louisiana

In Louisiana, Botox injections are considered medical procedure and must be performed by a licensed physician, a physician assistant under physician delegation and supervision if it is beyond their scope of practice, or a nurse practitioner working under a joint practice arrangement with the physician if it is beyond their scope of practice.


The physician can delegate this procedure to a non-physician (registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, or unlicensed personnel) if they have at least the following knowledge and training: [1] safety and application techniques, [2] cutaneous medicine, [3] indications/contraindications for this procedure, [4] preoperative and post-operative care, and [4] potential complications and infectious diseases.


This guide is meant as an educational resource laws and scope of practice is changing all the time in each state please seek the advice of a healthcare attorney before practicing.

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