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Laying on of hands is specifically the transfer of the power of the spirit, and absolutely nothing else.
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Exactly, yes -— for the transfer of the powers of the Holy Spirit.
This is why laying on of hands is used for the ordination or consecration of deacons, presbyters and bishops, as seen in the Acts of the Apostles, the Timothy and Titus letters, and other books of the New Testament. That us why it is essential in the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
No. Disputably, The special call by God to the already-saved chosen servant for some ministry:
"Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy,
with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them;
that thy profiting may appear to all" (1 Tim. 4:13-15 AV).
The gift that was in Timothy was a unique ability, imparted by the already-indwelling Holy Spirit, for some special service to/for The Master, recognized by spiritually mature men of his assembly, and commended to it by them through the outward sign of their concensus by each placing his hand in union with the others in approval and commission.
"By prophecy" is regarding the spiritual discernment already exercised by Paul:
"Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee
by the putting on of my hands" (2 Tim. 1:6 AV).
and by it Paul spoke prophetically to the elders of Timothy's assembly for their consideration as a college of co-equal board of certification for his ordination, themselves guided by the Spirit. Divining the gift, it was that ability to act as an overseer, exhorter, and teacher of doctrine, having sharpened it by participating as a worker in Paul's ministry of church-planting, together with others. As an Apostle, Paul had the ability to recognize and emphasize such gifts as he enumerated in I Cor. 12:4+ and Romans 12:6+, identified and publicized according to his goal for them:
"For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; . . ." (Rom. 1:11 AV)
such gifts imparted to each by the Holy Ghost, to be used in the local Body of members Christ, a Temple of the Spirit, of which he reminded the Corinthians about their local assembly of Christians:
"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body,
and in your spirit, which are God's" (1 Cor. 6:19,20).
It is the local church, guided by its elders, that saves trains, promotes, certifies, and ordains individuals for the work of the ministry (Eph. 4:12) and when commissioned, sends them out for the purpose of spreading the Gospel, making more disciples and planting more self-governing, autonomous, independent, immersionist churches that exercise the Four Primary Ordinances (making disciples, baptizing them into the spiritual Church of Christ, observe the Memorial Supper of Remembering Christ's preeminence till he comes, and sovereignly preferring the other members of the assembly above themselves so that the world can mark them as true disciples, friends, and servants of The Christ of The Bible.
What you propose, a human-initiated transfer of spiritual power, is not what I see as the God's chief purpose for the official "laying on of hands" in the culture of Christ.
It certainly cannot be reserved for "absolutely nothing else" in the Christian economy. Scripture alone contradicts you in this.
What is at the pleading call of the gospellized sinner is the Holy Spirit's faithful conviction of the condemned pagan criminal of the facts of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and of the need for confession, repentance, and yielding to guidance by the Holy Spirit to the Cross of Calvary for crucifixion-death of the Old Man, birth of the New, and contingent reception of the gift of The Holy Spirit as an Eternal Tenant and Comforter.
Have you, E-S, entertained this as the Scripture-validated mryhod of transfer of the power of the Holy Ghost into a human?