Texas Occupations Code Title 9, Chapter 1602 - Cosmetologists

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1602.001 - General Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Advisory Board on Cosmetology. (2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation. (3) "Department" means the...
• Texas Section 1602.002 - Definition Of Cosmetology
  Sec. 1602.002. DEFINITION OF COSMETOLOGY. (a) In this chapter, "cosmetology" means the practice of performing or offering to perform for compensation any of the following...

SUBCHAPTER B ADVISORY BOARD ON COSMETOLOGY

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 1602.051 - Board; Membership
  (a) The Advisory Board on Cosmetology consists of nine members appointed by the presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's approval, as follows: (1)...
• Texas Section 1602.055 - Terms; Vacancy
  (a) Members of the board serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of one or two members expiring on the same date each odd-numbered year....
• Texas Section 1602.058 - Presiding Officer
  The presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's approval, shall designate one member of the commission as presiding officer to serve in that capacity...

SUBCHAPTER D ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES RELATED TO COSMETOLOGY

• Texas Section 1602.060 - Board Duties
  (a) The board shall advise the commission and the department on: (1) education and curricula for applicants; (2) the content of examinations; (3) proposed rules...

SUBCHAPTER F LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS

• Texas Section 1602.153 - Subpoena
  (a) The department may request and, if necessary, compel by subpoena: (1) the attendance of a witness for examination under oath; and (2) the production...
• Texas Section 1602.251 - License Or Certificate Required
  (a) A person may not perform or attempt to perform a practice of cosmetology unless the person holds a license or certificate to perform that...
• Texas Section 1602.254 - Eligibility For An Operator License
  (a) A person holding an operator license may perform any practice of cosmetology. (b) To be eligible for an operator license, an applicant must meet...
• Texas Section 1602.255 - Eligibility For An Instructor License
  (a) A person holding an instructor license may perform any practice of cosmetology and may instruct a person in any practice of cosmetology. (b) To...
• Texas Section 1602.256 - Eligibility For A Manicurist Specialty License
  (a) A person holding a manicurist specialty license may perform only the practice of cosmetology defined in Section 1602.002(a)(9) or (10). (b) To be eligible...
• Texas Section 1602.257 - Eligibility For Esthetician Specialty License
  (a) A person holding an esthetician specialty license may perform only the practice of cosmetology defined in Sections 1602.002(a)(5), (6), (7), (8), and (11). (b)...
• Texas Section 1602.2571 - Eligibility For A Specialty License In Eyelash Extension Application
  (a) A person holding a specialty license in eyelash extension application may perform only the practice of cosmetology defined in Section 1602.002(a)(11). (b) To be...
• Texas Section 1602.2572 - Eyelash Extension Application Training Program
  (a) An eyelash extension application training program must include at least 320 hours of classroom instruction and practical experience, including at least eight hours of...
• Texas Section 1602.259 - Eligibility For A Hair Weaving Specialty Certificate
  (a) A person holding a hair weaving specialty certificate may perform only the practice of cosmetology defined in Sections 1602.002(a)(2) and (12). (b) To be...
• Texas Section 1602.260 - Eligibility For A Wig Specialty Certificate
  (a) A person holding a wig specialty certificate may perform only the practice of cosmetology defined in Section 1602.002(a)(3). (b) To be eligible for a...
• Texas Section 1602.261 - Eligibility For Manicurist/esthetician Specialty License
  (a) A person holding a manicurist/esthetician specialty license may perform only the practice of cosmetology defined in Sections 1602.002(a)(5) through (10). (b) To be eligible...
• Texas Section 1602.262 - Issuance Of License Or Certificate
  Sec. 1602.262. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE. (a) An applicant for a license under this chapter is entitled to the license if the applicant: (1)...
• Texas Section 1602.266 - Student Permit
  (a) The department shall require a student enrolled in a school of cosmetology in this state to hold a permit stating the student's name and...
• Texas Section 1602.267 - Shampoo Apprentice Permit
  (a) A person holding a shampoo apprentice permit may perform only the practice of cosmetology defined by Section 1602.002(a)(2). (b) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd...

SUBCHAPTER G LICENSING OF FACILITIES

• Texas Section 1602.268 - Waiver Of Certain License Requirements
  (a) The department shall issue a license to an applicant for a license issued under Section 1602.254 if the applicant: (1) submits an application on...
• Texas Section 1602.301 - Facility License Required
  (a) A person may not operate a beauty shop, beauty culture school, specialty shop, or other place of business in which cosmetology is taught or...
• Texas Section 1602.302 - Beauty Shop License
  (a) A person holding a beauty shop license may maintain an establishment in which any practice of cosmetology is performed. (b) An application for a...
• Texas Section 1602.303 - Private Beauty Culture School License
  (a) A person holding a private beauty culture school license may maintain an establishment in which any practice of cosmetology is taught, including providing an...
• Texas Section 1602.304 - Public Secondary Or Postsecondary Beauty Culture School Certificate
  (a) Each application for a license as a public secondary or public post secondary beauty culture school must be accompanied by the required license fee....
• Texas Section 1602.305 - Specialty Shop License
  (a) A person holding a specialty shop license may maintain an establishment in which only the practice of cosmetology as defined in Section 1602.002(a)(3), (6),...

SUBCHAPTER H LICENSE RENEWAL

• Texas Section 1602.306 - Booth Rental License
  (a) A person licensed or certified under this chapter may not lease space on the premises of a beauty shop to engage in the practice...
• Texas Section 1602.351 - Renewal Of License Or Certificate Required
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), a license or certificate issued under this chapter expires on the second anniversary of the date...
• Texas Section 1602.352 - Requirement For First Renewal Of License
  (a) A person applying to renew a license for the first time must: (1) hold a high school diploma; (2) hold the equivalent of a...
• Texas Section 1602.353 - Inactive Status
  (a) The holder of a certificate or license issued under this chapter may place the holder's certificate or license on inactive status by: (1) applying...
• Texas Section 1602.353 - Inactive Status
  (a) Not later than the 10th day before the expiration date of a certificate or license issued under this chapter, the certificate or license holder...

SUBCHAPTER I PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER

• Texas Section 1602.354 - Continuing Education
  (a) The commission will by rule recognize, prepare, or administer continuing education programs for the practice of cosmetology. Participation in the programs is mandatory for...
• Texas Section 1602.401 - Display Of Certificate Or License
  A person holding a license or certificate issued under this chapter shall display the license or certificate in the person's place of business or employment....
• Texas Section 1602.402 - License Or Certificate Not Transferable
  A license or certificate issued under this chapter is not transferable. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
• Texas Section 1602.403 - Employment Of License Or Certificate Holder
  (a) A private beauty culture school may not employ: (1) a person holding an operator license, manicurist specialty license, or specialty certificate solely to perform...
• Texas Section 1602.404 - Operating Certain Shops Or Schools On Single Premises
  A person may not operate a beauty shop, specialty shop, or private beauty culture school on the same premises as another one of those facilities...
• Texas Section 1602.405 - Practice At Facility Licensed Or Permitted As Barber And Cosmetologist Facility
  (a) The commission may not adopt rules to restrict or prohibit practice by a cosmetologist in a facility solely because the facility is licensed or...
• Texas Section 1602.406 - Infectious And Contagious Diseases
  (a) A person holding an operator license, instructor license, or specialty certificate may not perform any practice of cosmetology if the person knows the person...

SUBCHAPTER J OPERATION OF BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL

• Texas Section 1602.407 - Service At Unlicensed Location
  (a) In this section, "licensed facility" means the premises of a place of business that holds a license, certificate, or permit under this chapter or...
• Texas Section 1602.451 - Duties Of License Holder
  (a) The holder of a private beauty culture school license shall: (1) maintain a sanitary establishment; (2) maintain on duty one licensed instructor for each...
• Texas Section 1602.452 - Information Provided To Prospective Student
  The holder of a private beauty culture school license shall furnish each prospective student with: (1) a course outline; (2) a schedule of the tuition...
• Texas Section 1602.453 - Course Length And Curriculum Content
  (a) A private beauty culture school shall design course length and curriculum content to reasonably ensure that a student develops the job skills and knowledge...
• Texas Section 1602.454 - Student Record
  A private beauty culture school shall notify the department when a student graduates from a course of training offered by the school and is eligible...
• Texas Section 1602.455 - Transfer Of Hours Of Instruction
  (a) A student of a private beauty culture school or a vocational cosmetology program in a public school may transfer completed hours of instruction to...
• Texas Section 1602.456 - Identification Of And Work Performed By Students
  (a) Each private beauty culture school or vocational cosmetology program in a public school shall maintain in a conspicuous place a list of the names...
• Texas Section 1602.457 - Cancellation And Settlement Policy
  The holder of a private beauty culture school license shall maintain a cancellation and settlement policy that provides a full refund of money paid by...
• Texas Section 1602.458 - Refund Policy
  (a) The holder of a private beauty culture school license shall maintain a refund policy to provide for the refund of any unused part of...
• Texas Section 1602.459 - Withdrawal Or Termination Of Student
  (a) If a student begins a course of training at a private beauty culture school that is scheduled to run not more than 12 months...
• Texas Section 1602.460 - Interest On Refund
  (a) If tuition is not refunded within the period required by Section 1602.459, the school shall pay interest on the amount of the refund for...
• Texas Section 1602.461 - Reentry Of Student After Withdrawal Or Termination
  If a student voluntarily withdraws or is terminated after completing 50 percent of the course at a private beauty culture school, the school shall allow...
• Texas Section 1602.462 - Effect Of Student Withdrawal
  (a) A private beauty culture school shall record a grade of incomplete for a student who withdraws but is not entitled to a refund under...
• Texas Section 1602.463 - Effect Of School Closure
  (a) If a private beauty culture school closes, the department shall attempt to arrange for students enrolled in the closed school to attend another private...
• Texas Section 1602.464 - Private Beauty Culture School Tuition Protection Account
  (a) If on January 1 of any year the amount in the private beauty culture school tuition protection account is less than $200,000, the department...
• Texas Section 1602.465 - Peer Review
  (a) If the department has reasonable cause to believe that a private beauty culture school has violated this chapter or a rule adopted under this...

Last modified: September 28, 2016