The Nevada Senate Health and Human Services Committee heard a bill Wednesday that aims to restrict which medical professionals can administer Botox.

The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Joe Hardy, R-Boulder city, would bar dental hygienists, medical assistants and aestheticians from administering botulinum toxin, the most popular brand of which is Botox.

The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Joe Hardy, R-Boulder city, would bar dental hygienists, medical assistants and aestheticians from administering botulinum toxin, the most popular brand of which is Botox.

Dr. Goesel Anson, a Las Vegas-based plastic surgeon who testified in support of the bill, called the proposal a “very basic minimum.”

“We are not talking about nurses, we are talking about the people who are hired in medical offices to take blood pressure and charts,” she said.

She said one of the biggest reasons for restricting who can administer the powerful toxin is the lack of training some have in spotting infections.

The bill was fiercely opposed by dental hygienists who attended the meeting.