Bill Text: TX HB1793 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the practice of cosmetology.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-16 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB1793 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1793-Engrossed.html
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By: Gutierrez | H.B. No. 1793 |
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relating to the practice of cosmetology. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1602.002(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this chapter, "cosmetology" means the practice of | ||
performing or offering to perform for compensation any of the | ||
following services: | ||
(1) treating a person's hair by: | ||
(A) providing any method of treatment as a | ||
primary service, including arranging, beautifying, bleaching, | ||
cleansing, coloring, cutting, dressing, dyeing, processing, | ||
shampooing, shaping, singeing, straightening, styling, tinting, or | ||
waving; | ||
(B) providing a necessary service that is | ||
preparatory or ancillary to a service under Paragraph (A), | ||
including bobbing, clipping, cutting, or trimming a person's hair | ||
or shaving a person's neck with a safety razor; or | ||
(C) cutting the person's hair as a separate and | ||
independent service for which a charge is directly or indirectly | ||
made separately from charges for any other service; | ||
(2) weaving or braiding a person's hair; | ||
(3) shampooing and conditioning a person's hair; | ||
(4) servicing a person's wig or artificial hairpiece | ||
on a person's head or on a block after the initial retail sale and | ||
servicing in any manner listed in Subdivision (1); | ||
(5) treating a person's mustache or beard by | ||
arranging, beautifying, coloring, processing, styling, [ |
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trimming, or shaving with a safety razor; | ||
(6) cleansing, stimulating, or massaging a person's | ||
scalp, face, neck, or arms: | ||
(A) by hand or by using a device, apparatus, or | ||
appliance; and | ||
(B) with or without the use of any cosmetic | ||
preparation, antiseptic, tonic, lotion, or cream; | ||
(7) beautifying a person's face, neck, or arms using a | ||
cosmetic preparation, antiseptic, tonic, lotion, powder, oil, | ||
clay, cream, or appliance; | ||
(8) administering facial treatments; | ||
(9) removing superfluous hair from a person's body | ||
using depilatories or mechanical tweezers; | ||
(10) treating a person's nails by: | ||
(A) cutting, trimming, polishing, tinting, | ||
coloring, cleansing, or manicuring; or | ||
(B) attaching false nails; or | ||
(11) massaging, cleansing, treating, or beautifying a | ||
person's hands or feet. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |