Wisconsin Aesthetic Provider Coalition

  • ESTABLISH EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS

    WAPC aims to provide the safety standards for the aesthetic industry based on specialty training and experience. We strive to develop educational and compliance practice standards in Wisconsin by establishing minimum requirements that include accredited continuing education in aesthetics, nursing and medicine specific to medical aesthetics.

  • PROPER PATIENT CARE

    At its core, WAPC values patient safety and quality outcomes. Collaboration, education, standardization along with ethics and integrity are the guiding principles we strive for within this organization.

    Developing practice standards established by collaborating industry experts is an important step to ensure providers are adequately educated, trained, and qualified to deliver safe and effective medical aesthetic treatments.

    We believe that the formation of legislation that’s intent is to control our industry by a designated medical license alone is not in the best interest of the public’s safety. Rather, appropriate education and assessment of competency in medical aesthetic care will ultimately ensure this.

  • Collaboration over competition

    We must unite as a community of medical aesthetic providers to see our industry move forward with safety, educational standards and compliance as the key focus. Having a collective and collaborative voice will ensure our scope of practice rights are protected.

  • A COLLECTIVE VISION

    WAPC envisions legislature in the state of Wisconsin that supports a pathway to medical aesthetics that consists of rigorous training requirements and continuing education.

    The WAPC will strive to impact and inform legislation through the involvement of qualified industry experts. Ultimately, our goal is to ensure patients in Wisconsin receive aesthetic services by providers who are properly trained and equipped to deliver safe care and superior outcomes.

What happens if we do not stand together?

  • There are groups that believe that providing aesthetic treatments such as neuromodulators and dermal fillers do not fall within the scope of practice for registered nurses (RN’s) and/or licensed practical nurses (LPN’s), despite having standardized protocols, policies, and procedures.

  • These groups are working to bring their own Bill to the Wisconsin Senate to propose that the only practitioners that may perform

    neuromodulators and dermal fillers are those with nurse practitioner, physician assist or medical doctor licenses.

  • We estimate this would prevent 60-80% of the current medical aesthetic providers in Wisconsin from practicing in their current

    specialties. Subsequently, this would be detrimental to many individuals’ careers, livelihood, businesses, and true passion for what they do.

  • WAPC believes that there is a need for minimum education and licensure designation to provide medical aesthetic treatments.

    Accordingly, we also believe that under the ‘right to delegate’, with appropriate physician collaboration, established guidelines/protocols, education, training and compliance standards, RN’s/LPNs should be able to perform these procedures.

  • The Board of Cosmetology is considering to take the right to for Aestheticians to perform Microneedling. We support the right of aestheticians working under the supervision of a medical director to perform Microneedling up to 2.5mm of depth.

  • WAPC also supports the progression of Wisconsin Laws to modernize full practice authority for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants working within a solo specialty.

___We are here to support NURSES

___We are here to support AESTHETICIANS

___We are here to support MEDICAL DIRECTORS

___We are here to support BUSINESS OWNERS