HB0271 - Cosmetology act amendments.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0511.E1

ENGROSSED

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0271

 

 

Cosmetology act amendments.

 

Sponsored by:

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Cosmetology Act; providing
 2  definitions; providing for the licensure of nail
 3  technicians and estheticians as specified; specifying
 4  duties of the board of cosmetology; specifying reasons for
 5  the revocation, suspension or nonrenewal of licenses;
 6  providing for fees; and providing for an effective date.

 7 

 8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

 9 

10         Section 1.  W.S. 33-12-120(a)(iv) through (viii) and
11  by creating new paragraphs (xiv) through (xix),
12  33-12-123(a)(i), (ii) and (v), 33-12-127(a), (b), (c)(i)
13  and (d), 33-12-128, 33-12-129, 33-12-130(a)(i) and (ii),
14  33-12-131(b), 33-12-132, 33-12-135(a), by creating a new
15  subsection (b) and by amending and renumbering (b) and (c)
16  as (c) and (d), 33-12-138(a)(i) and (ii) and 33-12-139(a)

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 1  by creating new paragraphs (viii) through (xii) are amended
 2  to read:

 3 

 4         33-12-120.  Definitions.

 5 

 6         (a)  As used in this act:

 7 

 8              (iv)  "Cosmetologist" means a person who is
 9  licensed and engages in any of the practices practice of
10  cosmetology and who is licensed under as defined by this
11  act;

12 

13              (v)  "Practice of cosmetology" means services
14  performed for others for the improvement and beautification
15  of the hair, skin and nails of the human body; includes,
16  but is not limited to, one (1) or more of the following
17  practices when performed by a person or entity for
18  compensation:

19 

20                   (A)  All of those practices included in the
21  practice of esthetics and the practice of nail technology;

22 

23                   (B)  Cutting, clipping or trimming hair;

24 

 

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 1                   (C)  Styling, arranging, braiding, dressing,
 2  curling, waving, permanent waving, straightening,
 3  cleansing, singeing, bleaching, dying, tinting, coloring or
 4  similarly treating hair.

 5 

 6              (vi)  "Instructor" means a person licensed to
 7  teach cosmetology, nail technology or esthetics in a school
 8  of cosmetology;

 9 

10              (vii)  "License" means a current document
11  recognizing the that a cosmetologist, nail technician,
12  esthetician, instructor, salon or school has met the
13  qualifications required for doing business in this state;

14 

15              (viii)  "Model" means a person who volunteers to
16  allow a licensed cosmetologist, nail technician,
17  esthetician or student enrolled in a cosmetology school to
18  perform cosmetology services without cost;

19 

20              (xiv)  "Esthetician" means a person who is
21  licensed and engages in the practice of esthetics;

22 

 

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 1              (xv)  "Practice of esthetics" includes, but is
 2  not limited to, one (1) or more of the following practices
 3  when performed by a person or entity for compensation:

 4 

 5                   (A)  Beautifying, massaging, cleansing
 6  stimulating, toning, manipulating or exercising the skin of
 7  the head, neck or shoulders of another person by the use of
 8  cosmetic preparations, tonics, lotions, creams, antiseptics
 9  or clays or any device electrical or otherwise for the care
10  of the skin;

11 

12                   (B)  Grooming of eyebrows and eyelashes,
13  including, but not limited to, arching and tinting;

14 

15                   (C)  Removal of superfluous hair, including,
16  but not limited to, tweezing and waxing, however, removal
17  of superfluous hair by means of electrolysis is
18  specifically exempt from this act.

19 

20              (xvi)  "Independent contractor/booth renter"
21  means a person who rents space within another licensed
22  establishment for the purpose of rendering licensed
23  services as a separate, independent business;

24 

 

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 1              (xvii)  "Nail technician" means a person who is
 2  licensed and engages in the practice of nail technology;

 3 

 4              (xviii)  "Practice of nail technology" includes,
 5  but is not limited to, one (1) or more of the following
 6  practices when performed by a person or entity for
 7  compensation:

 8 

 9                   (A)  Applying lotions, creams, antiseptics
10  or other preparations by hand or by a mechanical or
11  electrical apparatus to the hands or feet of any person;

12 

13                   (B)  Cutting, trimming, shaping, manicuring,
14  pedicuring, polishing, coloring, tinting or applying
15  artificial nails to the fingernails or toenails of any
16  person; or

17 

18                   (C)  Massaging, cleansing or beautifying the
19  hands or feet of any person.

20 

21              (xix)  "Temporary location" means any place
22  licensed under this act in which cosmetology is practiced
23  in a specific location and for a limited duration of time,
24  as determined by the board.

 

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 2         33-12-123.  Duties of board members.

 3 

 4         (a)  Within the limitations and authority granted by
 5  this act, the board shall:

 6 

 7              (i)  Develop rules setting uniform and reasonable
 8  standards of competency for the practice and teaching of
 9  cosmetology, nail technology and esthetics, standards for
10  the operation of salons and schools, and procedures for its
11  own conduct;

12 

13              (ii)  Administer examinations to determine
14  competency for licensure of cosmetologists, nail
15  technicians, estheticians and instructors;

16 

17              (v)  Annually inspect, or appoint persons to
18  inspect, all salons and schools for proper licensure of the
19  salon, school and all cosmetologists, nail technicians,
20  estheticians or instructors practicing or teaching and for
21  the purpose of determining compliance with the provisions
22  of this act and board rules;

23 

 

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 1         33-12-127.  Licenses required; failure to comply;
 2  fines.

 3 

 4         (a)  From and after the effective date of this act
 5  July 1, 2001, no person shall engage in the practice or
 6  instruction of cosmetology, nail technology or esthetics
 7  and no place shall be maintained and operated for the
 8  practice or teaching of cosmetology, nail technology or
 9  esthetics except under a license issued in compliance with
10  this act and the rules adopted pursuant to this act.

11 

12         (b)  No school or salon shall employ, hire or in any
13  manner allow any individual to practice or teach
14  cosmetology, nail technology or esthetics unless that
15  individual has a current license to practice or teach
16  cosmetology, nail technology or esthetics.

17 

18         (c)  The licenses required in subsections (a) and (b)
19  of this section shall:

20 

21              (i)  Be issued in the name of the licensed
22  cosmetologist, the nail technician, esthetician,
23  instructor, the owner of the salon or the owner of the
24  school;

 

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 2         (d)  Any person who practices or teaches cosmetology,
 3  nail technology or esthetics for compensation, or who
 4  carries on any business, practice or operation governed by
 5  this act, without a license when a license is required, is
 6  guilty of a misdemeanor punishable, upon conviction, by a
 7  fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars
 8  ($750.00).

 9 

10         33-12-128.  Form; expiration; renewal of license.

11 

12  The board shall prescribe the form and expiration date of
13  licenses. Licenses may be renewed by submitting the
14  required application for renewal and fee to the board
15  before the license expiration date. If a cosmetologist,
16  nail technician, esthetician or instructor license is
17  allowed to expire, the license may be renewed within a
18  period of ninety (90) days after the expiration date, but
19  after the expiration of ninety (90) days from the date the
20  license expired the license shall lapse.

21 

22         33-12-129.  Expired and lapsed licenses; relicensure.

23 

 

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 1  If a salon or school license is allowed to expire a
 2  reinstatement fee for late renewal shall be imposed.  A
 3  cosmetologist, nail technician, esthetician or instructor
 4  license which has lapsed may be reinstated subject to
 5  payment of a reinstatement fee in addition to license fees
 6  for the lapsed period. Any person whose license has lapsed
 7  for five (5) years or more, and who does not qualify for
 8  licensure by endorsement, shall be required to complete a
 9  refresher course of one hundred (100) three hundred (300)
10  hours at a licensed school before applying for examination
11  and shall then be required to take the board examination.

12 

13         33-12-130.  Licensure by examination.

14 

15         (a)  An applicant for admission to board examination
16  shall meet the following requirements:

17 

18              (i)  Except as provided by W.S. 33-12-134(c), be
19  a graduate of a cosmetology, nail technology or esthetics
20  school, or any combination of those schools, and have met
21  training requirements comparable substantially similar to
22  those set forth in board rules;

23 

 

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 1              (ii)  Submit proper credentials as required by
 2  the board no less than ten (10) fifteen (15) days before
 3  the examination is to be given;

 4 

 5         33-12-131.  Time, place and scope of examinations.

 6 

 7         (b)  The examinations shall not be confined to any
 8  specific method or system, may consist of written, oral and
 9  performance examinations and shall be of such scope and
10  character as to disclose that any person passing the
11  examination is qualified to receive a cosmetologist, nail
12  technician, esthetician or instructor license.

13 

14         33-12-132.  Licensure by endorsement.

15 

16         (a)  An applicant for a license to practice or
17  instruct cosmetology, nail technology or esthetics in
18  Wyoming who is a qualified and currently licensed
19  cosmetologist, nail technician or esthetician or a licensed
20  cosmetology, nail technology or esthetics instructor in
21  another state, upon submitting who submits an application
22  to the board, a certification from the board or licensing
23  agency of the state in which the applicant is licensed,
24  proof of meeting the requirements of this section and along

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 1  with payment of the required fee, and proof of the
 2  following, may receive a cosmetologist, nail technician,
 3  esthetician or cosmetology instructor license: by
 4  endorsement without examination in this state. An applicant
 5  from another state which does not require a board
 6  examination for licensure, or an applicant who did not
 7  attend a licensed cosmetology school, shall not obtain a
 8  Wyoming license by endorsement. An applicant from another
 9  state who has not practiced cosmetology full time for at
10  least one (1) year prior to application shall obtain a
11  Wyoming license by endorsement only if he was licensed
12  under requirements which the board determines to be at
13  least equal to those established pursuant to this act.

14 

15              (i)  The applicant is a graduate of a
16  cosmetology, nail technology or esthetics school in a state
17  whose licensure requirements are substantially similar to
18  those required by this act;

19 

20              (ii)  The applicant has passed nationally
21  standardized written and practical examinations that are
22  board approved.

23 

 

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 1         33-12-135.  Powers to revoke, refuse, suspend, refuse
 2  to renew licenses; grounds; procedures.

 3 

 4         (a)  After providing a licensee with twenty (20) days
 5  notice of intended action and providing the licensee with
 6  the opportunity to be heard at a contested case hearing
 7  held pursuant to the provisions of W.S. 16-3-101 through
 8  16-3-115, the board may revoke, suspend or refuse to renew
 9  a license issued pursuant to this act after twenty (20)
10  days notice and a hearing, held pursuant to the provisions
11  of W.S. 16-3-101 through 16-3-115, or otherwise discipline
12  a licensee, but not including assessment of fines, for the
13  any of the following acts:

14 

15              (i)  Any violation of this act or any rule of the
16  board; by any person or entity holding a license.

17 

18              (ii)  Any sanitation violation;

19 

20              (iii)  Grossly unprofessional or dishonest
21  conduct as defined by the board;

22 

23              (iv)  A judicial disposition of guilt or a plea
24  of nolo contendere by a licensee or applicant relative to a

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 1  criminal offense which adversely relates to the practice or
 2  instruction of cosmetology, nail technology or esthetics;

 3 

 4              (v)  Use of any prohibited product as defined by
 5  the board; or

 6 

 7              (vi)  Use of intoxicating liquor or drugs to such
 8  an extent as to render the licensee unfit to practice or
 9  teach cosmetology, nail technology or esthetics.

10 

11         (b)  The board may require the attendance of witnesses
12  and the production of books, records or papers it
13  determines necessary for any investigation of any violation
14  of this act or rule of the board. Any member of the board
15  may administer oaths to witnesses appearing to testify
16  before the board or before any board member.

17 

18         (b)(c)  The board may refuse to grant a license to any
19  person guilty of fraud, cheating or unfair practices in
20  passing the examination, or who has at any time been found
21  guilty of a felony or of grossly unprofessional or
22  dishonest conduct, as defined by the board, or to anyone
23  addicted to the use of intoxicating liquor or drugs to such
24  an extent as to render him unfit to practice or teach

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 1  cosmetology, or to anyone advertising by means of
 2  statements known to be false or deceptive practices, or for
 3  the failure of any person, salon or school to display
 4  required licenses and inspection certificates.

 5 

 6         (c)(d)  Upon receipt from the department of family
 7  services of a certified copy of an order from a court to
 8  withhold, suspend or otherwise restrict a license issued by
 9  the board, the board shall notify the party named in the
10  court order of the withholding, suspension or restriction
11  of the license in accordance with the terms of the court
12  order. No appeal under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure
13  Act shall be allowed for a license withheld, suspended or
14  restricted under this subsection.

15 

16         33-12-138.  Publications.

17 

18         (a)  The board shall:

19 

20              (i)  Provide a copy of appropriate statutes and
21  rules to every licensed cosmetologist, nail technician,
22  esthetician, salon and school. Additional copies shall be
23  made available upon payment of a fee for the publication;

24 

 

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 1              (ii)  Prepare and maintain a current list of the
 2  names and addresses of all cosmetologists, nail
 3  technicians, estheticians, salons, schools and instructors
 4  licensed in Wyoming, the names and addresses of the members
 5  of the board and their terms of office. The list shall be
 6  available for inspection and copying and for reproduction
 7  in whole or in part upon payment of the cost of
 8  reproduction.

 9 

10         33-12-139.  Fees; disposition of fees.

11 

12         (a)  Fees for the following shall be determined by the
13  board pursuant to W.S. 33-1-201:

14 

15              (viii)  Esthetician license;

16 

17              (ix)  Independent contractor license;

18 

19              (x)  Nail technician license;

20 

21              (xi)  On-line testing;

22 

23              (xii)  Temporary location license.

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 1         Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

 2 

 3                         (END)

 

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