Acts constituting barbering

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TN Code › Title 62 › Chapter 3 › Section 62-3-105

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Any one (1) or any combination of the following practices, when done for payment, directly or indirectly, or without payment, for the public generally, constitute the practice of barbering: (1) Shaving or trimming the beard; (2) Cutting or styling the hair; (3) Giving facial and scalp massages or treatments with oils, creams, lotions or other preparations either by hand or mechanical appliances; (4) Singeing, curling, shampooing, coloring, bleaching or straightening the hair or applying hair tonics; (5) Cutting, fitting, measuring and forming head caps for wigs or hair pieces; (6) Hair weaving, excluding medical or surgical procedures; (7) Applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or lotions to scalp, face, neck or other parts of the body; or (8) Manicuring and nail care. Acts 1929, ch. 118, § 2; Code 1932; § 7119; Acts 1951, ch. 231, § 1; 1975, ch. 206, §1; 1978, ch. 816, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 62-306; Acts 1982, ch. 870, § 1; 1986, ch. 921, § 2.

Any one (1) or any combination of the following practices, when done for payment, directly or indirectly, or without payment, for the public generally, constitute the practice of barbering:

(1) Shaving or trimming the beard;

(2) Cutting or styling the hair;

(3) Giving facial and scalp massages or treatments with oils, creams, lotions or other preparations either by hand or mechanical appliances;

(4) Singeing, curling, shampooing, coloring, bleaching or straightening the hair or applying hair tonics;

(5) Cutting, fitting, measuring and forming head caps for wigs or hair pieces;

(6) Hair weaving, excluding medical or surgical procedures;

(7) Applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or lotions to scalp, face, neck or other parts of the body; or

(8) Manicuring and nail care.

Acts 1929, ch. 118, § 2; Code 1932; § 7119; Acts 1951, ch. 231, § 1; 1975, ch. 206, §1; 1978, ch. 816, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 62-306; Acts 1982, ch. 870, § 1; 1986, ch. 921, § 2.

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