As used in this article 105, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) Barber means a person who engages in any of the practices of
barbering.
(2) Barbering means any one or combination of the following practices
when done upon the upper part of the human body for cosmetic purposes and not
for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments and when done for
payment either directly or indirectly or when done without payment for the public
generally: Shaving or trimming the beard; cutting the hair; giving facial or scalp
massage or treatment with oils, creams, or lotions, or other chemical preparations,
either by hand or with mechanical appliances; dyeing the hair or applying hair tonic;
applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays, or lotions to the
scalp, face, neck, or shoulders.
(3) Barber school means an establishment operated by a person for the
purpose of teaching barbering that is certified by the private occupational school
division or the Colorado community college system, or is an accredited technical
school that teaches barbering.
(4) Barbershop or beauty salon means a fixed establishment, temporary
location, or place in which one or more persons engage in the practice of barbering
or cosmetology. The term temporary location includes a motor home as defined in
section 42-1-102 (57).
(5) Beauty school means an establishment operated by a person for the
purpose of teaching cosmetologists, estheticians, hairstylists, and nail technicians
that is certified by the private occupational school division or the Colorado
community college system, or is an accredited technical school that teaches
cosmetology.
(6) Cosmetologist means a person who engages in any of the practices of
cosmetology.
(7) Cosmetology means any one act or practice, or any combination of acts
or practices, not for the treatment of disease, physical illness, or a behavioral,
mental health, or substance use disorder, when done for payment either directly or
indirectly or when done without payment for the public generally, usually
performed by and included in or known as the profession of beauty culturists,
beauty operators, beauticians, estheticians, cosmetologists, or hairdressers or of
any other person, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity holding itself out as
practicing cosmetology by whatever designation and within the meaning of this
article 105. In particular, cosmetology includes, but is not limited to, any one or a
combination of the following acts or practices: Arranging, dressing, curling, waving,
cleansing, cutting, singeing, bleaching, coloring, or similar work upon the hair of a
person by any means and, with hands or a mechanical or electrical apparatus or
appliance or by the use of cosmetic or chemical preparations; manicuring or
pedicuring the nails of a person; giving facials, applying makeup, giving skin care, or
applying eyelashes involving physical contact with a person; beautifying the face,
neck, arms, bust, or torso of the human body by use of cosmetic preparations,
antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or creams; massaging, cleaning, or stimulating the face,
neck, arms, bust, or torso of the human body with the use of antiseptics, tonics,
lotions, or creams; removing superfluous hair from the body of a person by the use
of depilatories or waxing or by the use of tweezers; and the trimming of the beard.
(8) Esthetician means any person who engages in any one or more of the
following practices not for the treatment of disease or physical ailments:
(a) Giving facials, applying makeup, giving skin care, or applying eyelashes,
involving physical contact, to any person;
(b) Beautifying the face, neck, arms, bust, or torso of the human body by the
use of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or creams;
(c) Massaging, cleaning, or stimulating the face, neck, arms, bust, or torso of
the human body by means of the hands, devices, apparatus, or appliances with the
use of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or creams;
(d) Removing superfluous hair from the body of any person by the use of
depilatories or waxing or by the use of tweezers.
(9) Hairstyling means providing one or more of the following hair care
services not for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments upon the
upper part of the human body for cosmetic purposes for payment either directly or
indirectly, or when done without payment for the public generally:
(a) Cleansing, massaging, or stimulating the scalp with oils, creams, lotions,
or other cosmetic or chemical preparations, using the hands or with manual,
mechanical, or electrical implements or appliances;
(b) Applying cosmetic or chemical preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils,
clays, or lotions to the scalp;
(c) Cutting, arranging, applying hair extensions to, or styling the hair by any
means using the hands or with manual, mechanical, or electrical implements or
appliances;
(d) Cleansing, coloring, lightening, waving, or straightening the hair with
cosmetic or chemical preparations, using manual, mechanical, or electrical
implements or appliances;
(e) Trimming the beard.
(10) Hairstylist means a person who engages in any of the practices of
hairstyling.
(11) Manicuring means any one act or practice, or combination of acts or
practices, not for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments, when
done for direct or indirect payment or when done without payment for the public
generally. Manicuring includes, but is not limited to, the filing, buffing, polishing,
cleansing, extending, protecting, wrapping, covering, building, pushing, or trimming
of nails or any other similar work upon the nails of a person by any means, including
the softening of the hands, arms, ankles, or feet of a person by use of hands, a
mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliance, cosmetic or chemical preparations,
antiseptics, lotions, or creams or by massaging, cleansing, stimulating,
manipulating, or exercising the arms, hands, feet, or ankles of a person. Manicuring
also includes waxing or the use of depilatories on the leg up to the knee and the
waxing or the use of depilatories on the arm up to the elbow.
(12) Nail technician means a person who engages in the limited practices of
cosmetology known as manicuring. Unless otherwise licensed under this article 105,
a nail technician shall not engage in the practice of cosmetology, except
manicuring.
(13) Natural hair braiding means a service that results in tension on hair
strands or roots by twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, or braiding by
hand or with a mechanical device, as long as the service does not include hair
cutting or the application of dyes, reactive chemicals, or other preparations to alter
the color of the hair or to straighten, curl, or alter the structure of the hair.
(14) Owner includes any person who has a financial interest in a barbershop
or beauty salon or any other place of business entitling the person to participate in
the promotion, management, or proceeds thereof. It does not include a person
whose connection with the barbershop, beauty salon, or other place of business
entitles the person only to reasonable salary or wages for services actually
rendered. The owner of a place of business is the person responsible for registering
the place of business with the director.
(15) Place of business means a fixed establishment, temporary location, or
place, including any mobile barber shop or beauty salon, in which one or more
persons engage in the practice of barbering, hairstyling, or cosmetology or practice
as a nail technician or an esthetician. The term temporary location includes a
motor home as defined in section 42-1-102 (57).