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SB1518 - 572R - I Ver
REFERENCE TITLE:
barbering and cosmetology board; revision
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SB 1518
Introduced by
Senator
Dunn
AN
ACT
Amending sections 32-501, 32-502, 32-504,
32-506, 32-507, 32-510, 32-511, 32-512 and 32-512.01, Arizona Revised Statutes;
repealing section 32-512.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 32,
chapter 5, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section
32-512.02; amending sections 32-513, 32-514, 32-515, 32-516, 32-517, 32-518,
32-519, 32-531, 32-532, 32-533, 32-536, 32-537, 32-543, 32-545, 32-551, 32-552,
32-557, 32-563, 32-564, 32-572 and 32-574, Arizona Revised Statutes; repealing
section 32-575, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 32, chapter 5, article
6, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 32-575; amending
section 32-3231, Arizona Revised Statutes; repealing section 41-3026.06,
Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 41, chapter 27, article 2, Arizona
Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-3034.06; relating to the barbering and
cosmetology BOARD.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 32-501, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-501.
Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Aesthetician" means a
person who is licensed to practice aesthetics pursuant to this chapter.
2. "Aesthetics" means any
one or a combination of the following practices if they are performed for
cosmetic purposes:
(a) Massaging, cleansing, stimulating,
manipulating, exercising, beautifying or applying oils, creams, antiseptics,
clays, lotions or other preparations, either by hand or by mechanical or
electrical appliances.
(b) Arching eyebrows or tinting
eyebrows and eyelashes.
(c) Removing superfluous hair by means
other than electrolysis or threading.
3.
1.
"Barber"
means a person who is licensed to practice barbering pursuant to this chapter.
4.
2.
"Barbering"
means any one or a combination of the following practices if they are performed
on a person's head, face, neck or shoulders for cosmetic purposes:
(a) Cutting, clipping or trimming hair.
(b) Massaging, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating,
exercising, beautifying or applying oils, creams, antiseptics, clays, lotions
or other preparations, either by hand or by
a
mechanical
or electrical
appliances
appliance
.
(c) Styling, arranging, dressing, curling, waving,
permanent waving, straightening, cleansing, singeing, bleaching, dyeing,
tinting, coloring or similarly treating hair.
(d) Providing hair attachments, extensions,
hairpieces and wigs when performed by a barber.
(e) Shaving or trimming a beard.
(f) Providing skin care, including facials,
corrective treatments, blackhead and acne removal and masks and treatment
creams.
(g) Removing unwanted hair by means other than
electrolysis or threading
, including using a STRAIGHT razor to
remove hair from the head, face and neck
.
5.
3.
"Board"
means the barbering and cosmetology board.
6.
4.
"Cosmetic
purposes" means for the purpose of beautifying, preserving or conferring
comeliness, excluding therapeutic massage and manipulations.
7.
5.
"Cosmetologist"
means a person who is licensed to practice cosmetology pursuant to this
chapter.
8.
6.
"Cosmetology"
means any one or a combination of the following practices if they are performed
for cosmetic purposes:
(a) Massaging, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating,
exercising, beautifying or applying oils, creams, antiseptics, clays, lotions
or other preparations
on a person's scalp, face, neck, arms,
legs or trunk
, either by hand or by
a
mechanical
or electrical
appliances
appliance
.
(b) Arching eyebrows or tinting eyebrows and
eyelashes.
(c) Removing superfluous hair by means other than
electrolysis or threading.
(d) Nail technology.
(e) Hairstyling.
(
f
) Applying
eyelash EXTENSIONS.
(
g
) Using
CHEMICALS to alter hair structure on the face, including lash lifts and brow
laminations.
(
h
) Basic
exfoliation, manual or machine skin cleansing and basic extractions.
9.
7.
"Electrical
appliances
appliance
" means
devices
a device
that
use
uses
electrical current and includes lasers and IPL devices as
defined in section 32-516.
10
.
8.
"Establishment"
means
any
either
of the following:
(a) An establishment
or shop
that is operated for the purpose of engaging in the practice of barbering,
cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
,
nail technology, hairstyling or eyelash extensions or any combination of the
practices listed in this subdivision.
(b) An establishment
or shop
together with a retrofitted motor vehicle that is used exclusively as a mobile
facility for the purpose of engaging in the practice of barbering, cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
, nail
technology or hairstyling or any combination of the practices listed in this
subdivision and that is operated and dispatched through the establishment.
(c) A retrofitted motor vehicle that
is exclusively used as a mobile facility for the purpose of engaging in the
practice of barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, nail technology or hairstyling
or any combination of the practices listed in this subdivision and that is
operated and dispatched from a business that has a physical street address on
file with the board.
9. "esthetician" means a
person who is licensed to practice esthetics pursuant to this chapter.
10. "esthetics" means any
one or a combination of the following practices if the practice is performed
for a cosmetic purpose on the stratum corneum of the epidermal layer of the
skin surface:
(
a
) massaging,
cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, exercising, beautifying or applying oils,
creams, antiseptics, clays, lotion or other preparations on a person's face,
neck, arms, legs or trunk, either by hand or by a mechanical or electrical
appliance.
(
b
) arching
eyebrows or tinting eyebrows and eyelashes.
(
c
) removing
superfluous hair by hand other than electrolysis or threading.
(
d
) applying
eyelash extensions.
(
e
) using
chemicals to alter hair structure on the face, including lash lifts and brow
laminations.
(
f
) basic exfoliation,
manual or machine skin cleansing and basic extractions.
11. "Eyelash extensions":
(a) Means applying, removing and trimming threadlike
natural or synthetic fibers to an eyelash.
(b) Includes cleansing the eye area and lashes.
(c) Does not include applying eyelash enhancements
that are tattoos, color agents, straightening agents, permanent wave solutions
or bleaching agents to the eyebrow or any other cosmetology service.
12. "Eyelash technician" means a person
who is not licensed as a cosmetologist or
aesthetician
esthetician
and who for compensation performs personal services
limited to eyelash extensions.
13. "Hairstyling" means any of the
following:
(a) Cutting, clipping or trimming hair.
(b)
shampooing, conditioning,
processing,
styling, arranging, dressing, curling, waving, permanent
waving, straightening, cleansing, singeing, bleaching, dyeing, tinting,
coloring or similarly treating hair.
(c) Removing superfluous hair from the neck up by
means other than electrolysis or threading
, including using a
feather razor or razor with a guard to remove hair from the head, face and neck
.
(
d
) any Other
service for the cosmetic care of the hair, head and scalp.
14. "Hairstylist" means a person who is
licensed to practice hairstyling pursuant to this chapter.
15. "Instructor" means a person who is
licensed to teach barbering, cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
, nail technology or hairstyling, or any combination
of these practices, pursuant to this chapter.
16. "Mentor" means a cosmetologist,
aesthetician
esthetician
, barber,
hairstylist or nail technician who is approved by the board to train a person
in a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program in
cosmetology or barbering in an establishment that is licensed by the board.
17. "Nail technician" means a person who
is licensed to practice nail technology pursuant to this chapter.
18. "Nail technology" means any of the
following:
(a) Cutting, trimming, polishing, coloring, tinting,
cleansing or otherwise treating a person's nails.
(b) Applying artificial nails.
(c) Massaging and cleaning a person's hands, arms,
legs and feet.
19. "School" means an establishment that
is operated for the purpose of teaching barbering, cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
, nail technology or hairstyling, or any
combination of these practices.
20. "Threading" means a service that
results in the removal of hair from its follicle from around the eyebrows and
from other parts of the face with the use of a single strand of cotton thread
and an over-the-counter astringent, if the service does not use
chemicals of any kind, wax or any implements, instruments or tools to remove
hair.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 2. Section 32-502, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-502.
Barbering and cosmetology board; members; appointment;
qualifications; terms; removal
A. The barbering and cosmetology board is
established consisting of the following members who are appointed by the
governor:
1. One cosmetologist
, esthetician,
hairstylist, nail technician or licensed educator
who has
actively practiced cosmetology
, esthetics, hairstyling or
nail technology
in this state for at least three years immediately
preceding appointment.
2. Two school owners who do not own the same school,
one of whom owns a school that teaches cosmetology
, esthetics,
hairstyling or nail technology
and one of whom owns a school that
teaches barbering.
3. Five public members, preferably one of whom is an
educator, who are not and have never been associated with the barbering,
cosmetology
, esthetics, hairstyling
or nail technology
industry, licensed as a barber, cosmetologist
, esthetician,
hairstylist
or nail technician or involved in manufacturing barbering,
cosmetology
, esthetics
or nail technology products.
4. One barber who has actively practiced barbering
in this state for at least three years.
B. The term of office for members is three years
beginning and ending June 22.
C. The governor may remove board members for neglect
of duty, malfeasance or misfeasance.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 3. Section 32-504, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-504.
Powers and duties
A. The board shall:
1. Adopt rules that are necessary and proper to
administer this chapter, including:
(a) Sanitary and safety requirements for
establishments and schools.
(b) Sanitary and safety standards for the practices
of barbering, cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
,
nail technology
,
and
hairstyling
and eyelash technology
.
(c) Mobile facility requirements.
2. Administer and enforce this chapter and rules
adopted pursuant to this chapter.
3. Either prepare, administer and grade practical
and written examinations or contract with a national professional organization
for
aesthetics
esthetics
, barbering,
cosmetology, hairstyling and nail technology that is selected by the board to
prepare, administer and grade practical and written examinations.
4. Make and maintain a record of its acts and
proceedings, including the issuance, denial, renewal, suspension or revocation
of licenses and registrations and public reproofs of licensees and registrants.
5. Evidence its official acts by the signature of
the chairperson or vice chairperson of the board or a representative designated
by the board.
6. Keep records of the board open to public
inspection at all reasonable times.
7. Prescribe minimum school curriculum requirements
for barbers, cosmetologists,
aestheticians
estheticians
,
nail technicians, hairstylists and instructors.
8. Prescribe standards and requirements for the
provision of establishment services through mobile facilities and in customer
locations.
9. Approve an
aesthetician
esthetician
, a barber, a cosmetologist, a hairstylist or a nail
technician as a mentor based on the� licensee's record of compliance with this
chapter.� The board may not condition the approval on the� licensee's payment
of an additional fee or completion of an additional requirement.
B. The board may:
1. Inspect the premises of any establishment or
school during business hours.
2. Delegate authority to its executive director to
issue licenses and registrations to applicants who meet the requirements of
this chapter.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 4. Section 32-506, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-506.
Nonapplicability of chapter
This chapter does not apply to the following persons while in
the proper discharge of their professional duties:
1. Medical practitioners who are licensed pursuant
to this title if the practices treat physical or mental ailments or disease.
2. Commissioned physicians and surgeons who are
serving in the armed forces of the United States or other federal agencies.
3. Persons who are licensed pursuant to chapter 12
of this title.
4. Students who are attending schools licensed by
the board while they are on school premises during school hours or off campus
at a school-sponsored event.
5. Persons employed by theatrical groups who apply
makeup, oils and cosmetics.
6. Persons who sell makeup, oils and cosmetics and
who apply such products during the process of selling such products.
7. Shampoo assistants who shampoo hair under the
direction of a barber, cosmetologist or hairstylist licensed pursuant to this
chapter.
8. Services performed by and for persons who are in
the custody of the state department of corrections.
9. Persons who apply makeup, oils and cosmetics to
patients in a hospital, nursing home or residential care institution with the
consent of the patient and the hospital, nursing home or residential care
institution.
10. Persons who provide a service that results in
tension on hair strands or roots by twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending,
locking or braiding if the service does not include the application of dyes,
reactive chemicals or other preparations to alter the color of the hair or to
straighten, curl or alter the structure of the hair.
11. Persons who provide threading.
12. Persons who provide tanning services by means of
airbrushing, tanning beds or spray tanning.
13. Persons who apply makeup, including eyelash
enhancements. This paragraph does not apply if a person is engaging
in the practice of
aesthetics
esthetics
or cosmetology. A person who is exempt pursuant to this paragraph
shall post a sign in a conspicuous location in the person's place of business
notifying the public that the person's services are not regulated by the board.
14. Persons who dry, style, arrange, dress, curl,
hot iron or shampoo and condition hair if the service does not include applying
reactive chemicals to permanently straighten, curl or alter the structure of
the hair
and if the person takes and completes a class relating
to sanitation, infection protection and law review that is provided by the
board or its designee. This paragraph does not apply if a person is
engaging in the practice of aesthetics or cosmetology
.� A person who is
exempt pursuant to this paragraph shall post a sign in a conspicuous location
in the person's place of business notifying the public that the person's
services are not regulated by the board.
15. Persons who are participating in a department of
economic security-approved apprenticeship program as described in section 32-510,
32-511, 32-512, 32-512.01 or 32-512.02 while working
with a mentor in an establishment that is licensed by the board.
16. Persons who are licensed in another state and
who are working in this state at a charitable event that benefits a nonprofit
organization.
17. Persons who are
licensed in another state, who are in this state for not more than two weeks
and who provide services for persons who are attending an athletic, charitable,
artistic or social event in this state.
18. Persons who are enrolled in a school that is
licensed by the board and who shampoo, rinse and apply cream rinse,
conditioners and reconstructors to hair, including hair that has been treated
with color or bleach.
19. Persons who perform services without
compensation in
either
any of the following
:
(a) An emergency.
(b) A domestic administration.
(
c
) a
CHARITABLE event for a nonprofit organization.
20. Persons who perform barbering, cosmetology,
hairstyling or nail technology services in a funeral establishment as defined
in section 32-1301.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 5. Section 32-507, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-507.
Fees
A. The board shall establish and collect fees not to
exceed the following:
1. Application for initial personal license, a
onetime fee of
$100
$80
.
2. Application for personal reciprocity or universal
license, a onetime fee of�
$200
$100
.
3. Application for establishment license, including
change of
name, change of
ownership
and
change of location
,
$250
$200
.
4. Application for school license and initial
inspection fee, including change of
name, change of
ownership
and change of location, $1,000.
5. Application for certification of licensure or
hours, $30.
6. Personal license renewal,
$100
$80
to be paid once every two years pursuant to section
32-517 or 32-535.
7. Personal license delinquent renewal,
$150
$100
.
8. Establishment license after a
change of location, $150.
9.
8.
Establishment
license renewal,
$100
$80
.
10.
9.
Establishment
license delinquent renewal,
$150
$100
.
11.
10.
School
license renewal,
$500
$400
.
12.
11.
School
license delinquent renewal,
$600
$500
.
13.
12.
Delinquent
penalties for each year or portion of a year for which the license was
inactive
expired
.
14.
13.
Computer
printouts of names of licensees, up to $.10 per name.
15.
14.
Duplicate
license, $30.
16.
15.
Dishonored
checks, $20.
17.
16.
Copying
charges, $1 per page. For audiotapes, videotapes, computer discs or
other mediums used for recording sounds, images or information, $15 per tape,
disc or other medium.
18.
17.
Board-administered
educational classes,
$100
$75
.
19.
18.
Service
charges for persons who pay with alternative payment methods, including credit
cards, charge cards, debit cards and electronic transfers, not to exceed the
cost of the alternative payment method.
20.
19.
Eyelash
technician registration, an amount to be determined by the board.
21.
20.
Eyelash
technician registration renewal, an amount to be determined by the board.
22.
21.
Eyelash
technician registration delinquent renewal, an amount to be determined by the
board.
B. The board may charge additional fees for:
1. Documents and publications provided by the board.
2. Services that the board deems appropriate to
carry out its intent and purpose.� These additional fees shall not exceed the
costs of rendering the services.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 6.
Heading change
The article heading of title 32,
chapter 5, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is changed from "
Barbering and cosmetology professionals"
to
"Barbering, Cosmetology,
esthetician, nail TECHNICIAN, HAIRSTYLIST and eyelash technician
professionals".
Sec. 7. Section 32-510, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-510.
Estheticians; licensure; applications; qualifications
A person is entitled to receive an
aesthetician's
esthetician's
license if the person:
1. Submits to the board an application for an
aesthetician's
esthetician's
license on a
form supplied by the board.
2. Does either of the following:
(a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for
at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by
the board in its rules and submits to the board satisfactory evidence that the
person is at least sixteen years of age.
(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that
the person is at least eighteen years of age.
3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence of any
of the following:
(a) That the person is a graduate of an
aesthetician
esthetician
school in another
state or country that has substantially the same requirements as this state for
schools licensed by the board.
(b) That the person is a graduate of an
aesthetician
esthetician
course consisting
of at least six hundred hours of training in a school licensed by the board.
(c) That the person completed a United States
department of labor-approved or a department of economic
security-approved apprenticeship program in
aesthetics
esthetics
that includes at least two hundred hours of infection
protection and law review instruction. The person shall complete the
instruction prescribed by this subdivision through either:
(i) A school that is licensed by the board or a
school or program in another state that has, in the board's opinion, licensure
requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this
state.
(ii) A department of economic security-approved
apprenticeship program.
4. Passes the examination for an
aesthetician's
esthetician's
license.
5. Pays the prescribed fees for an
aesthetician's
esthetician's
license.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 8. Section 32-511, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-511
.
Cosmetologists; licensure; applications; qualifications
a.
A person is entitled to
receive a cosmetologist license if the person does all of the following:
1. Submits to the board an application for a
cosmetologist license on a form supplied by the board.
2. Does either of the following:
(a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for
at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by
the board in its rules and submits satisfactory evidence that the person is at
least sixteen years of age.
(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that
the person is at least eighteen years of age.
3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence of any
of the following:
(a) That the person is a graduate of a cosmetology
course consisting of at least one thousand five hundred hours of training in a
school licensed by the board.
(b) That the person is a graduate of a cosmetology
school in another state or country that had at the time of the person's
graduation substantially the same requirements as this state for schools
licensed by the board.
(c) That the person
completed a United States department of labor-approved or a department of
economic security-approved apprenticeship program in cosmetology that includes
at least two hundred fifty hours of infection protection and law review
instruction. The person shall complete the instruction prescribed by
this subdivision through either:
(i) A school that is licensed
pursuant
to this chapter
by the board
or a school or
program in another state that has, in the board's opinion, licensure
requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this
state.
(ii) A department of economic security-approved
apprenticeship program.
4. Passes the
examination
examinations
for a cosmetologist license.
5. Pays the prescribed fees.
b. notwithstanding subsection a, paragraphs
2 and 3 of this section, an applicant for a COSMETOLOGIST license who holds a
barber license issued pursuant to this chapter shall complete a three hundred-hour
course consisting of cosmetology techniques in a school licensed by the board.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 9. Section 32-512, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-512.
Nail technicians; licensure; applications; qualifications
A person is entitled to receive a
nail
technician
license
to practice nail technology
if
the person does all of the following:
1. Submits to the board an application for a nail
technician license on a form supplied by the board.
2. Does either of the following:
(a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for
at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by
the board in its rules and submits satisfactory evidence that the person is at
least sixteen years of age.
(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that
the person is at least eighteen years of age.
3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence of any
of the following:
(a) That the person graduated from a nail technology
school in another state or country that had at the time of the person's
graduation substantially the same requirements as this state for schools
licensed by the board.
(b) That the person completed a nail technician
course consisting of at least six hundred hours of training in a school
licensed by the board.
(c) That the person
completed a United States department of labor-approved or a department of
economic security-approved apprenticeship program in nail technology that
includes at least one hundred fifty hours of infection protection and law
review instruction.� The person shall complete the instruction prescribed by this
subdivision through either:
(i) A school that is licensed by the board or a
school or program in another state that has, in the board's opinion, licensure
requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this
state.
(ii) A department of economic security-approved
apprenticeship program.
4. Pays the prescribed fees for a nail technician
license.
5. Passes the
examination
examinations
for a nail technician license.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 10. Section 32-512.01, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-512.01.
Hairstylists; licensure; applications; qualifications
A person is entitled to receive a
hairstylist
license
to practice hairstyling
if the person does all of the
following:
1. Submits to the board an application for a
hairstylist license on a form supplied by the board.
2. Either:
(a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for
at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by
the board in its rules and submits satisfactory evidence that the person is at
least sixteen years of age.
(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that
the person is at least eighteen years of age.
3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that
the person meets any of the following:
(a) Graduated from a hairstyling school in another
state or country that had at the time of the person's graduation substantially
the same requirements as this state for schools licensed by the board.
(b) Completed a hairstylist course consisting of at
least one thousand hours of training in a school licensed by the board.
(c) Completed a United States department of
labor-approved or a department of economic security-approved apprenticeship
program in hairstyling that includes at least two hundred hours of infection
protection and law review instruction. The person shall complete the
instruction prescribed by this subdivision through either:
(i) A school that is licensed by the board or a
school or program in another state that has, in the board's opinion, licensure
requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this
state.
(ii) A department of economic security-approved
apprenticeship program.
4. Pays the prescribed fees for a hairstylist
license.
5. Passes the
examination
examinations
for a hairstylist license.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 11.
Repeal
Section 32-512.02, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is repealed.
Sec. 12. Title 32, chapter 5, article 2,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 32-512.02, to
read:
START_STATUTE
32-512.02.
Barbers; licensure; applications; qualifications
a. A person is entitled to receive a
barber license if the person does all of the following:
1. Submits to the BOARD an
application for a barber license on a form supplied by the board.
2. Either:
(
a
) Submits
satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years old and has
completed and received appropriate credits for at least two years of high
school education or its equivalent as prescribed in rules adopted by the board.
(
b
) Submits to
the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of
age.
3. Submits to the board satisfactory
evidence that the person meets any of the following:
(
a
) Graduated
from a barbering school in another state or country that had substantially the
same requirements for schools licensed by the board at the time of the person's
graduation.
(
b
) Completed a
barbering course consisting of at least one thousand two hundred hours of
training in a school licensed by the board.
(
c
) completed a
united states department of labor-approved or a department of economic security-approved
apprenticeship program in barbering that includes at least two hundred fifty
hours of infection protection law review instruction. The person
shall complete the instruction required by this subdivision through either:
(
i
) a school
that is licensed by the board or a school or program in another state that has,
in the board's opinion, licensure requirements that are substantially
equivalent to the requirements of this state.
(
ii
) a
department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program.
4. Pays the prescribed fees for a
barber license.
5. Passes the examinations for a
barber license.
b. Notwithstanding subsection a,
paragraphs 2 and 3 of this section, an applicant for a barber license who holds
a cosmetologist license or a hairstylist license issued pursuant to this
chapter shall complete a two hundred-hour course consisting of barbering
techniques in a school licensed by the board.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 13. Section 32-513, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-513.
Reciprocity
Notwithstanding sections 32-510,
32-511, 32-512, 32-512.01 and 32-512.02, a person is
entitled to receive a barber, cosmetologist,
aesthetician
esthetician
, nail technician or hairstylist license if the
person does all of the following:
1. Submits to the board an application for a barber,
cosmetologist,
aesthetician
esthetician
,
nail technician or hairstylist license on a form supplied by the board.
2. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that
the person is licensed in another state or country.
If
an applicant is from a country that does not have a governmental regulatory
agency that issues licenses and prescribes and enforces discipline, the
applicant shall take the examinations required by the board.
3. Takes and completes a class relating to infection
protection and law review that is provided by the board or its designee.� The
board shall determine the amount of the fees for the class. The
applicant shall pay the fees directly to the board or its designee.
4. Pays the prescribed reciprocity license fees.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 14. Section 32-514, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-514.
Examinations
A. The board or a national professional organization
for barbering or cosmetology, or both, that is selected by the board shall
administer written and practical examinations for a barber, cosmetologist,
aesthetician
esthetician
, nail technician,
hairstylist or instructor license. The examinations shall test for
requisite knowledge and skills in the technical application of barbering and
cosmetology services. An applicant may take an examination before
the applicant has completed the required hours of course instruction prescribed
by this article, but the applicant must complete the required hours of course
instruction before licensure.
B. The board or a national professional organization
for barbering or cosmetology, or both, that is selected by the board shall
inform each applicant of the examination results.
C. The board shall make an accurate record of each
examination.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 15. Section 32-515, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-515.
Reexaminations
A. An applicant who fails an examination for a
license pursuant to this article is entitled to a reexamination.
B. If an applicant fails either part
of the examination, the applicant shall only retake the part of the examination
that the applicant failed.
B. If an applicant fails an
examination, the applicant shall retake only the examination the applicant
failed.
C. If one year or more elapses between an applicant's
initial examination and reexamination, the applicant shall take both the
written and practical parts of the examination.
D. An applicant desiring to be reexamined shall:
1. Apply to the board, if the board is administering
the examination, on forms it prescribes and furnishes or to a national
professional organization selected by the board to administer the examination.
2. Pay the prescribed examination fee.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 16. Section 32-516, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-516.
Estheticians; cosmetologists; cosmetic laser and IPL device use;
certification; definitions
A. An
aesthetician
esthetician
or a cosmetologist who wishes to perform cosmetic
laser procedures and procedures using IPL devices must:
1. Apply for and receive a certificate from the
department.
2. Comply with the requirements of this section and
department rules.
B. An
aesthetician
esthetician
or a cosmetologist who has been certified as a
laser technician by the department may use a laser or IPL device.
C. An
aesthetician
esthetician
or a cosmetologist who used laser and IPL devices
before November 24, 2009 may continue to do so if the
aesthetician
esthetician
or cosmetologist received a certificate
pursuant to this section before October 1, 2010.
D. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Department" means the department of
health services.
2. "IPL device" means an intense pulse
light class II surgical device certified in accordance with the standards of
the department for cosmetic procedures.
3. "Laser" means any device that can
produce or amplify electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the range of
one hundred eighty nanometers to one millimeter primarily by the process of
controlled stimulated emission and certified in accordance with the standards
for the department for cosmetic procedures.
4. "Laser technician" means a person who
is or has been certified by the department pursuant to its rules and chapter
32, article 2 of this title.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 17. Section 32-517, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-517.
License renewal
A. Except as provided
in section 32-4301, a barber, a cosmetologist, an
aesthetician
esthetician
, a nail technician or a hairstylist shall
renew the person's license on or before the person's birthday once
every two years.
B. A barber, a cosmetologist, an
aesthetician
esthetician
, a nail technician or a hairstylist shall pay
the prescribed renewal fee and comply with requirements prescribed in this
chapter to renew the person's license.
C. A barber, a cosmetologist, an
aesthetician
esthetician
, a nail technician or a hairstylist who fails
to renew the person's license on or before the person's birthday shall also pay
the prescribed delinquent renewal penalty in order to renew the license.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 18. Section 32-518, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-518.
Expired licenses; reactivation; suspension
A. A license that is not renewed pursuant to section
32-517 automatically reverts to
inactive
expired
status.
B. A licensee may reactivate an
inactive
expired
license:
1. If
a
the
license has been
inactive
expired
for less than one year, by paying the prescribed delinquent renewal penalty.
2. If
a
the
license has been
inactive
expired
for one year or more but less than five years, by paying the prescribed
delinquent renewal penalty and submitting proof of satisfying educational
requirements prescribed by the board in its rules.
C. A license that has been
inactive
expired
for five years is automatically suspended.
D. A licensee shall not practice under an
inactive
expired
license.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 19. Section 32-519, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-519.
Eyelash technicians; registration; renewal; register; exception
A. Except as provided in subsection D of this
section, an eyelash technician must be registered by the board. A
person is entitled to receive an eyelash technician registration if the person
does all of the following:
1. Submits to the board an application for an
eyelash technician registration on a form supplied by the board.
2. Either:
(a) Completes and receives appropriate credits for
at least two years of high school education or its equivalent as prescribed by
the board in its rules and submits satisfactory evidence that the person is at
least sixteen years of age.
(b) Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that
the person is at least eighteen years of age.
3. Submits to the board satisfactory evidence that
the person successfully completed a board-approved training
program. The board shall require not more than thirty hours of
training. A training program is not required to be licensed as a
school by the board to be approved. The board-approved
training program shall provide a provisional registration to the person
verifying the successful completion of the training. Any person who
satisfactorily demonstrates
thirty hours of
training
received before October 30, 2023 is eligible for registration.
4. Pays the prescribed fees.
B. Except as provided in section 32-4301, an
eyelash technician shall renew the person's registration on or before the
person's birthday once every two years. An eyelash technician shall
submit to the board an application for renewal accompanied by the prescribed
renewal fee to renew the person's registration. An eyelash
technician who fails to renew the person's registration on or before the
person's birthday shall also pay the prescribed delinquent renewal penalty to
renew the registration.
C. The board shall maintain a current register of
registered eyelash technicians who are in good standing with the board.
D. An
aesthetician
esthetician
or cosmetologist may perform eyelash extensions
without registering as an eyelash technician pursuant to this section.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 20. Section 32-531, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-531.
Instructors; licensure; applications; qualifications; denial;
hearing
A. A person is entitled to receive a license to
teach barbering, cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
,
nail technology or hairstyling in a school if the person meets all of the
following:
1. Submits to the board an application for an
instructor license on a form prescribed by the board.
2. Either:
(a) Holds a diploma from a high school
or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits to the
board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of age.
(b) Submits to the board satisfactory
evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.
2. Submits to the board satisfactory
evidence that the person is at least nineteen years of age.
3. Is a licensed barber, cosmetologist,
aesthetician
esthetician
, nail technician
or hairstylist, is applying for an instructor license to teach a subject in
which the person is licensed, has practiced for at least one year in the
profession for which the person is applying for an instructor license and has
received the following hours of instructor training:
(a) For a cosmetologist instructor, three hundred
fifty hours.
(b) For an
aesthetics
esthetics
instructor, three hundred fifty hours.
(c) For a nail technician instructor, three hundred
fifty hours.
(d) For a hairstylist instructor, three hundred
fifty hours.
(e) For a barbering instructor, three hundred fifty
hours.
4. Passes a written examination and a practical
examination for an instructor license.
5. Pays the prescribed fees.
6. Completes an infection prevention, sanitation and
law review class provided by the board.
B. An applicant may appeal the board's denial of an
instructor license by requesting a hearing.� The hearing shall be before the
board at its next regular meeting that follows the board's receipt of the
request.� At the hearing the burden of proof is on the applicant to demonstrate
that the alleged deficiencies that are the basis of the denial do not exist.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 21. Section 32-532, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-532.
Instructors; license reciprocity
Notwithstanding section 32-531, a person is entitled to
receive a license to teach barbering, cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
, nail technology or hairstyling in a school if the
person submits to the board an application for an instructor license on a form
prescribed by the board, pays the prescribed fees and meets one of the
following:
1. Is a current licensed barbering instructor,
cosmetology instructor,
aesthetics
esthetics
instructor, nail technology instructor or hairstyling instructor in another
state or country.
2. Is a current licensed barber, cosmetologist,
aesthetician
esthetician
,
nail technician or hairstylist in another state or country and has at least one
year of instructor experience in the other state or country in barbering,
cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
,
nail technology or hairstyling, or any combination of these practices.
3. Meets all of the following:
(a) Either:
(i) Submits to the board satisfactory
evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of age.
(ii) Holds a diploma from a high
school or its equivalent as prescribed by the board in its rules and submits to
the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years of
age.
(
a
) Submits to
the board satisfactory EVIDENCE that the person is at least nineteen years of
age.
(b) Is a licensed barber, cosmetologist,
aesthetician
esthetician
, nail technician
or hairstylist in another state or country.
(c) Completes instructor training in another state
or country that has instructor education requirements that are at least
substantially equivalent to those of this state.
(d) Passes a written examination and a practical
examination for an instructor license.
(e) Has
five years
at least one year
of licensed industry experience
within the ten years preceding application
.
(f) Meets requirements as prescribed by the board in
its rules.
(g) Completes an infection prevention, sanitation
and law review class provided by the board.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 22. Section 32-533, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-533.
Instructor examinations; reexaminations
A. An examination for an instructor license shall be
written and practical.
B. The board shall inform each
applicant of the applicant's examination results in writing.
B. The board or a national
professional ORGANIZATION for barbering or cosmetology, or both, that is
selected by the board shall inform each applicant of the applicant's
examination results.
C. The board shall make an accurate record of each
examination.
D. An applicant who fails any part of the
examination twice shall attend a school
that is
licensed
pursuant to this chapter for two hundred fifty hours of instructor training.
E. An applicant desiring to be
reexamined shall apply to the board on forms it prescribes and furnishes and
pay the prescribed examination fee.
E. An applicant desiring to be
reexamined shall apply and pay the prescribed examination fee to the national
professional ORGANIZATION for barbering or COSMETOLOGY, or both, that the BOARD
selects to administer written and PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS for a barber,
cosmetologist, esthetician, nail technician or hairstylist instructor license.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 23. Section 32-536, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-536.
Instructor practice; instruction
A. An instructor may practice in the category of
practice in which the instructor is licensed to practice in
an
establishment that is licensed
a licensed establishment
without having an individual license to practice
pursuant to this
chapter.
B. An instructor shall teach only in the area in
which the instructor is licensed by the board to teach.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 24. Section 32-537, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-537.
Instructors; expired licenses; reactivation; suspension
A. An instructor
license that is not renewed pursuant to section 32-535 automatically
reverts to
inactive
expired
status.
B. A licensee may reactivate an
inactive
expired
license:
1. If
a
the
license has been
inactive
expired
for less than one year, by paying the prescribed delinquent renewal penalty.
2. If
a
the
license has been
inactive
expired
for one year or more but less than five years, by paying the prescribed
delinquent renewal penalty and submitting proof of satisfying educational
requirements prescribed by the board in its rules.
C. A license that has been
inactive
expired
for five years is automatically
suspended.
D. A licensee shall not practice under an
inactive
expired
license.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 25. Section 32-543, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-543.
Required display; licenses; inspection sheet; barber pole display
a.
Each establishment shall
display the following in a conspicuous location that is readily observable by
any patron:
1. The current establishment license.
2. The current license for each barber,
cosmetologist,
aesthetician
esthetician
,
nail technician or hairstylist who is practicing in the establishment.
3. The current registration for each eyelash
technician who is practicing in the establishment.
4. The latest inspection sheet for the
establishment.
B. Only a licensed establishment
offering barbering services shall display a barber pole.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 26. Section 32-545, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-545.
Change of name, ownership or location; board notification;
application
A. An establishment shall not change
from the name of one licensee to another or from one location to another or
change its trade name
without filing a new application and
paying the prescribed fee.
B.
Within ten
business
days after any change of
ownership of the establishment or
change in the establishment's location,
an
establishment's name, ownership or location,
the establishment owner
shall notify the board in writing,
file
submit
a new
establishment license
application and
pay the prescribed fee.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 27. Section 32-551, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-551.
School licenses; applications; barbering school requirements;
supervision; students
A. A person is
entitled to a license to operate a school if:
1. The person pays the prescribed fee.
2. The person furnishes a surety bond in the amount
of $10,000 approved by the board and executed by a corporate bonding company
authorized to do business in this state. The bond shall be for the
benefit of and subject to the claims of the state for failure to comply with
the requirements of this chapter and any student who fails to receive the full
course of instruction required under this chapter.
3. The person submits to the board under oath an
application for a school license on a form supplied by the board and other
documentation required by the board in its rules.
4. The proposed school passes an inspection by the
board before it opens.
B. A course of instruction in a licensed school that
teaches barbering shall consist of at least one thousand two hundred hours of
instruction.�
The course of instruction shall include:
1. At least two hundred fifty hours
devoted to the study of the fundamentals of barbering, hygiene, bacteriology,
histology of the hair, skin, muscles and nerves, structure of the head, face
and neck, elementary chemistry relating to sterilization and antiseptics and
diseases of the skin, hair and glands.
2. At least nine hundred fifty hours
devoted to the practice and study of massaging and manipulating muscles of the
scalp, face and neck, haircutting, shaving and chemical work relating to
permanent waves and hair straightening, coloring and bleaching.
C. A licensed school shall be operated under the
general supervision of a licensed instructor.
D. Students may not teach other students at a
licensed school.
E. A school that holds a school license in barbering
and a school license in cosmetology may offer courses on both cosmetology and
barbering if an instructor licensed as a cosmetologist teaches the cosmetology
courses and an instructor licensed as a barber teaches the barbering courses.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 28. Section 32-552, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-552.
Change of name, ownership or location; board notification;
application
A. A school shall not change from the
name of one licensee to another or from one location to another or change its
trade name without filing a new application and paying the prescribed fee.
B. A school owner shall notify the
board in writing
Within ten
business
days after
any change of
a school's name,
ownership
or location,
of
the school
or change
in the school's location or trade name, submit a new license application for
the school and pay the prescribed fee
owner shall notify
the board in writing, Submit a new school license application and pay the
prescribed fee
.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 29. Section 32-557, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-557.
Students; services for the public; notice; salary prohibited;
price list
A. Students of a licensed school may render services
to the public only under the direct supervision of a licensed instructor.
B. The following notice shall be posted in a
conspicuous place within the school in letters large enough to be read across
the length of the room: "School of
(type of board-licensed
school)
� work done exclusively by students under the direct supervision of
a licensed instructor."
C. A student in a school shall not receive a salary
or commission from the school for any barbering, cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
, nail technology or hairstyling services while
enrolled in the school as a student.� A student who is enrolled in a school for
the purpose of becoming an instructor may be a paid employee of the school.
D. A school shall post a price list for services
rendered to the public that is large enough to be easily read from a distance
of ten feet.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 30. Section 32-563, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-563.
School closures; board notification; forwarding of records
A. Within five
business
days
after a school closes it shall notify the board
by certified mail
in writing
of the closure.
B. Within ten
business
days
after a school closes it shall forward all student records to the board.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 31. Section 32-564, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-564.
School license renewal
A. Except as provided in section 32-4301, school
licenses are renewable on or before June 30 of
every
each
year by meeting all the requirements for a school license
and paying the prescribed renewal fee.
B. A school owner who fails to renew
his
the
school license
by
on or before
June 30 of
every
each
year shall apply pursuant to section 32-551 and pay the prescribed fee
and delinquent renewal penalty.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 32. Section 32-572, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-572.
Grounds for disciplinary action or refusal to issue or renew
license or registration; definition
A. The board may take
disciplinary action or refuse to issue or renew a license or registration for
any of the following causes:
1. Continuing to perform barbering, cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
, nail technology,
hairstyling or eyelash extension services if the person knowingly has an
infectious or communicable disease.
2. Being convicted of a crime.
3. Committing an act involving dishonesty, fraud or
deceit with the intent to substantially benefit oneself or another or
substantially injure another.
4. Committing malpractice or incompetency.
5. Knowingly advertising by means of false,
misleading, deceptive or fraudulent statements through communication media.
6. Violating this chapter or any rule adopted
pursuant to this chapter.
7. Making oral or written false statements to the
board.
8. Repeatedly failing to correct infractions of
safety and sanitary requirements prescribed by the board in its rules.
9. Failing to comply with an order of the board.
B. A licensee's or registrant's conviction of a
crime or act is not a cause for the board to refuse to issue or renew a license
or registration unless the crime or act is substantially related to the
qualifications, functions or duties of the license or registration for which
application is made.
C. The expiration, cancellation, suspension or
revocation of a license or registration or a licensee's or registrant's
voluntary surrender of a license or registration does not deprive the board of
jurisdiction to do any of the following:
1. Proceed with an investigation of a licensee or
registrant.
2. Proceed with an action or disciplinary proceeding
against a licensee or registrant.
3. Suspend or revoke a license or registration.
4. Deny the renewal or right of renewal of a license
or registration.
D. For the purposes of this section,
"conviction" means a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction
following a plea of no contest.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 33. Section 32-574, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-574.
Unlawful acts; violations; classification
A. A person shall not:
1. Perform or attempt to perform barbering,
cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
,
nail technology, hairstyling or personal services related to eyelash extensions
without a license or registration in that category issued pursuant to this
chapter, or practice in a category in which the person does not hold a license
or registration.
2. Display a sign or in any way advertise or hold
oneself out as a barber, cosmetologist,
aesthetician
esthetician
, nail technician, hairstylist or eyelash technician
or as being engaged in the practice or business of barbering, cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
, nail technology,
hairstyling or eyelash extensions without being licensed or registered pursuant
to this chapter.
3. Knowingly make a false statement on an
application for a license or registration pursuant to this chapter.
4. Allow an employee or another person under the
person's supervision or control to perform barbering, cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
, nail technology,
hairstyling or personal services related to eyelash extensions without a
license or registration issued pursuant to this chapter.
5. Practice or attempt to practice barbering,
cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
,
nail technology, hairstyling or personal services related to eyelash extensions
in any place other than in an establishment licensed by the board unless the
person is requested by a customer to go to a place other than an establishment
licensed pursuant to this chapter and is sent to the customer from the
establishment, except that a person who is licensed or registered pursuant to
this chapter may practice, without the establishment's request, barbering,
cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
,
nail technology, hairstyling or personal services related to eyelash extensions
in a health care facility, hospital, residential care institution, nursing home
or residence of a person requiring home care because of an illness, infirmity
or disability.
6. Obtain or attempt to obtain a license or registration
by the use of monies other than the prescribed fees or any other thing of value
or by fraudulent misrepresentation.
7. Provide any service to a person having a visible
disease, pediculosis or open sores suggesting a communicable disease until the
person furnishes a statement signed by a physician who is licensed pursuant to
chapter 13 or 17 of this title stating that the disease or condition is not in
an infectious, contagious or communicable stage.
8. Operate a school without being licensed by the
board.
9. Operate an establishment without being licensed
by the board and without having an individual designated as the manager of the
establishment.
10. Violate this chapter or any rule adopted
pursuant to this chapter.
11. Ignore or fail to comply with a board subpoena.
12. Use the title of "aesthetician"
,
"esthetician"
,
"barber", "cosmetologist", "nail technician",
"hairstylist" or "eyelash technician" or any other title or
term likely to be confused with "aesthetician"
,
"esthetician"
, "barber",
"cosmetologist", "nail technician", "hairstylist"
or "eyelash technician" in any advertisement, statement or
publication unless that person is licensed or registered by the board.
13. Teach barbering, cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
, nail technology or hairstyling in this state
unless the person is licensed as an instructor pursuant to article 3 of this
chapter.
B. An instructor shall not render barbering,
cosmetology,
aesthetics
esthetics
,
nail technology or hairstyling services in a school unless the services are
directly incidental to instructing students.
C. A school shall post a conspicuous notice to the
public pursuant to section 32-557 that all services are performed by
students under the direct supervision of a licensed instructor.
D. A person who violates this section is guilty of a
class 1 misdemeanor.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 34.
Repeal
Section 32-575, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is repealed.
Sec. 35. Title 32, chapter 5, article 6,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 32-575, to read:
START_STATUTE
32-575.
Cease and desist; injunctions
a. In addition to any other remedies,
if it appears to the board, whether on complaint or otherwise, that any person
has engaged in or is engaging in any act, practice or transaction that
constitutes a violation of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this
chapter, the board may either:
1. Serve a cease and desist order on
the person by certified mail or personal service requiring the person to cease
and desist immediately from engaging in the act, practice or transaction.
2. Apply, through the attorney
general or county attorney of the county in which the act, practice or
transaction is alleged to have been committed, to the superior court in the
county for an injunction restraining the person from engaging in the act,
practice or transaction or from any act in furtherance of the act, practice or
transaction.
b. On a proper showing under
subsection a of this section, the court shall grant a temporary restraining
order, a preliminary injunction or a personal injunction without
bond. Process in any action pursuant to this section may be served
on the defendant in any county of this state where the defendant transacts
business or is found.
END_STATUTE
Sec. 36. Section 32-3231, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE
32-3231.
Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Administer" means the direct
application of or dispensing or furnishing a prescription medication or a
prescription-only device, whether by injection or any other means, to the body
of a patient by a health professional or by the health professional's
authorized agent at the direction of the health professional.
2. "Aesthetician" has the
same meaning prescribed in section 32-501.
3.
2.
"Cosmetic
purpose" means for the purpose of beautifying, preserving or conferring
comeliness, excluding therapeutic massage and manipulations.
4.
3.
"Department"
means the department of health services.
5.
4.
"Directly
supervised" means a health professional who is licensed in this state and
whose scope of practice allows the supervision supervises the use of a laser or
IPL device for cosmetic purposes while the health professional is present at
the facility where and when the
laser or ipl
device is
being used.
6.
5.
"Indirect
supervision" means supervision by a health professional who is licensed in
this state, whose scope of practice allows the supervision and who is readily
accessible by telecommunication.
7.
6.
"IPL
device" has the same meaning prescribed in section 32-516.
8.
7.
"Laser"
has the same meaning prescribed in section 32-516.
9.
8.
"Laser
technician" means a person who is or has been certified by the department
pursuant to its rules and this article.
10
.
9.
"Registrant"
means a person or entity that owns or operates a laser or IPL device for which
the application for registration is on file with the department and that is in
compliance with department rules.
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Sec. 37.
Repeal
Section 41-3026.06, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is repealed.
Sec. 38. Title 41, chapter 27, article 2,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3034.06, to read:
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41-3034.06.
Barbering and cosmetology board; termination July 1, 2034
A. The barbering and cosmetology
board terminates on july 1, 2034.
B. Title 32, chapter 5 and this
section are repealed on January 1, 2035.
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Sec. 39.
Purpose
Pursuant to section 41-2955,
subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the legislature continues the barbering
and cosmetology board to ensure the public is protected from the incompetent
practice of barbering and cosmetology by establishing minimum qualifications
for entry into these professions and swift and effective discipline for those
practitioners who violate barbering or cosmetology statutes or rules adopted
pursuant to those statutes.
Sec. 40.
Retroactivity
Sections 37 and 38 of this act apply
retroactively to from and after July 1, 2026.