§ 20-265a — Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 20-265b to 20-265i, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health; (2) “Department” means the Department of Public Health; (3) “Esthetician” means a person who, for compensation, performs esthetics; (4) “Esthetics” means services related to skin care treatments, (A) including, but not limited to, cleansing, toning, stimulating, exfoliating or performing any similar procedure on the human body while using cosmetic preparations, hands, devices, apparatus or appliances to enhance or improve the appearance of the skin; makeup application; beautifying lashes and brows; or removing unwanted hair using manual and mechanical means, and (B) excluding the use of a prescriptive laser device; the performance of a cosmetic medical procedure, as defined in section 19a-903c ; any practice, activity or treatment that constitutes the practice of medicine; eyebrow threading as a means of shaping and removing unwanted hair on the face and around the eyebrows; makeup application at a rented kiosk located in a shopping center or the practice of hairdressing and cosmetology by a hairdresser and cosmetician licensed pursuant to this chapter that is within such licensee's scope of practice; (5) “Eyelash technician” means a person, who for compensation performs individual eyelash extensions, eyelash lifts or perms and eyelash color tints; (6) “Nail technician” means a person who for compensation cuts, shapes, colors, cleanses, trims, polishes or enhances the appearance of the nails of the hands or feet, excluding any practice, activity or treatment that constitutes the practice of medicine; (7) “Salon” and “spa” include any shop, store, day spa or other commercial establishment at which the practice of barbering, as described in section 20-234 , hairdressing and cosmetology, as defined in section 20-250 , or the services of an esthetician, nail technician or eyelash technician, or any combination thereof, is offered and provided; and (8) “Shopping center” means a grouping of retail businesses and service establishments on a single site with common parking facilities and containing at least twenty-five thousand square feet of gross building floor area.

Legislative History

(P.A. 19-117, S. 191; P.A. 23-31, S. 20.) History: P.A. 19-117 effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 23-31 amended Subdiv. (4) by redefining “esthetics” to include reference to eyebrow threading, effective June 7, 2023.