Sec. 1602.003. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. (a) In this section, "fashion photography studio" means a permanent establishment that charges a fee exclusively for a photographic sitting.
(b) This chapter does not apply to a person who:
(1) provides a service in an emergency;
(2) is licensed in this state to practice medicine, dentistry, podiatry, chiropractic, or nursing and is operating within the scope of the person's license;
(3) is in the business of or receives compensation for makeup applications only;
(4) acts as a barber under Chapter 1601, if the person does not hold the person out as a cosmetologist;
(5) provides a cosmetic service as a volunteer or an employee performing regular duties at a licensed nursing or convalescent custodial or personal care home to a patient residing in the home;
(6) owns, operates, or manages a licensed nursing or convalescent custodial or personal care home that allows a person with an operator license to perform cosmetic services for patients residing in the home on an occasional but not daily basis;
(7) provides an incidental cosmetic service, or owns, operates, or manages the location where that service is provided, if the primary purpose of the service is to enable or assist the recipient of the service to participate as the subject of:
(A) a photographic sitting at a fashion photography studio;
(B) a television appearance; or
(C) the filming of a motion picture; or
(8) 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 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 413 (H.B. 2717), Sec. 7, eff. June 10, 2015.
Last modified: September 28, 2016