(1996)

Dear Ms. Wexler:

You have requested our opinion on the extent to which anti-discrimination laws affect the right of an electrologist to restrict her clinical practice in certain ways. Specifically, you ask whether an electrologist may refuse services to individuals based on sex, age, human immunodeficiency virus ("HIV") status, or any other criteria.

Our opinion is as follows: Refusal of service or any other type of discriminatory conduct based on race, creed, sex, age, color, national origin, marital status, or disability — including HIV status — is unlawful. An electrologist generally may not…