Iowa § 157.2 Prohibitions — exceptions

Iowa Statutes

§ 157.2 — Prohibitions — exceptions

Iowa § 157.2

Title IVPUBLIC HEALTH

Ch. 157BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY

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Iowa Code § 157.2 (2026).

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1.It is unlawful for a person to practice barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences with or without compensation unless the person possesses a license issued under section 157.3. However, practices listed in section 157.1 when performed by the following persons are not defined as the practice of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences:

a.Licensed physicians and surgeons, osteopathic physicians and surgeons, nurses, dentists, podiatric physicians, optometrists, chiropractors, and physical therapists, when exclusively engaged in the practice of their respective professions.

b.Students enrolled in licensed schools of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences who are practicing under the instruction or immediate supervision of an instructor.

c.Persons who perform without compensati

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1. It is unlawful for a person to practice barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences with
or without compensation unless the person possesses a license issued under section 157.3.
However, practices listed in section 157.1 when performed by the following persons are not
defined as the practice of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences:
a. Licensed physicians and surgeons, osteopathic physicians and surgeons, nurses,
dentists, podiatric physicians, optometrists, chiropractors, and physical therapists, when
exclusively engaged in the practice of their respective professions.
b. Students enrolled in licensed schools of barbering and cosmetology arts and sciences
who are practicing under the instruction or immediate supervision of an instructor.
c. Persons who perform without compensation any of the practices listed in section 157.1
on an emergency basis or on a casual basis.
d. Employees of hospitals, health care facilities, orphans’ homes, juvenile homes, and
other similar facilities who perform barbering and cosmetology services for any resident
without receiving direct compensation from the person receiving the service.
e. Volunteers for and residents of health care facilities, orphans’ homes, juvenile homes,
and other similar facilities who shampoo, arrange, dress, or curl the hair, apply makeup, or
polish the nails of any resident without receiving compensation from the person receiving the
service.
f. Persons who perform any of the practices listed in section 157.1 on themselves or on a
member of the person’s immediate family.
g. Persons who apply samples of makeup, nail polish or other nail care products,
cosmetics, or other cosmetology or esthetics preparations to persons to demonstrate the
products in the regular course of business.
h. Persons providing services pursuant to an establishment training program authorized
pursuant to section 157.12D.
2. Cosmetologists and barbers shall not represent themselves to the public as
electrologists, estheticians, or nail technologists unless the cosmetologist or barber has
completed the course of study for the respective practice as prescribed by the board pursuant
to section 157.10.
3. With the exception of hair removal, manicuring, and nail technology services, persons
licensed under this chapter or participating in an establishment training program authorized
pursuant to section 157.12D shall not administer any procedure in which human tissue is cut,
shaped, vaporized, or otherwise structurally altered.
4. Persons licensed under this chapter shall only use intense pulsed light devices for
purposes of hair removal.