Could a barber in the 21st century practice bloodletting legally?

MDs now use leeches medically…

“June 28, 2004—Coming to a pharmacy near you, hordes of blood-sucking leeches

“It may sound like a horror movie, but the FDA says it’s good medicine.”

“After thousands of years of use as an alternative treatment to blood-letting (an antiquated and abandoned practice of draining blood to cure diseases) and amputation, the FDA today approved the commercial marketing of leeches for medical purposes….”

No, as far a I know, a barber cannot practice bloodletting legally.

Besides, hopefully you will never find yourself in need of leeches while at the barber. Historically, leeches used to be used as a “cure-all,” but now they are used solely to restore bloodflow.

“They’re an extremely effective artificial vein in certain situations where uh, a body part such as a finger has been replanted after an amputation, but only the arterial side is working. The, the leech then serves as an artificial vein by drawing off the excess blood or the congested blood, until the person can actually grow back small, venous capillaries” (source)

If you have an intelligent talkative barber, ask.

Hell, in the Twenty-First Century, a barber can’t even barber without all of the required (whether or not “appropriate”) training, certification, licensing and permits.

I’m thinking if consenting adults participate in cutting and bloodletting as a fetish, nothing illegal there.
So as long as the barber does not advertise any health benefits of readjusting the humors which the FDA would crack down on, but instead said “I’ll cut you in a certified sterile environment”.
I probably would not go to that barber though. For haircutting or anything else