Sec. 1601.003. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not apply to a person who:
(1) does not represent or advertise to the public directly or indirectly that the person is authorized by the department to practice barbering; and
(2) is:
(A) a physician or registered nurse licensed in this state and operating within the scope of the person's license;
(B) a commissioned or authorized medical or surgical officer of the United States armed forces;
(C) a person regulated under Chapter 1602, if the person practices within the scope of a permit, license, or certificate issued by the department under that chapter;
(D) an inmate in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who performs barbering during the person's incarceration; or
(E) a person who performs only natural hair braiding, including braiding a person's hair, trimming hair extensions only as applicable to the braiding process, and attaching commercial hair by braiding and without the use of chemicals or adhesives.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 798 (S.B. 411), Sec. 2.02, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 413 (H.B. 2717), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2015.
Last modified: September 28, 2016