§ 1-4

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031) Sec. 1-4. Definitions. In this Act the following words shall have the following meanings: "Address of record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. "Board" means the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Board. "Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. "Email address of record" means the designated email address recorded by the Department in the applicant's application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. "Licensed barber" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice barbering as defined in this Act and whose license is in good standing. "Licensed cosmetologist" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice cosmetology, nail technology, hair braiding, and esthetics as defined in this Act and whose license is in good standing. "Licensed esthetician" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice esthetics as defined in this Act and whose license is in good standing. "Licensed nail technician" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice nail technology as defined in this Act and whose license is in good standing. "Licensed barber teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice barbering as defined in this Act and to provide instruction in the theory and practice of barbering to students in a licensed barber school. "Licensed cosmetology teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology as defined in this Act and to provide instruction in the theory and practice of cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology to students in a licensed cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, or nail technology school. "Licensed cosmetology clinic teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology as defined in this Act and to provide clinical instruction in the practice of cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology in a licensed school of cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, or nail technology. "Licensed esthetics teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice esthetics as defined in this Act and to provide instruction in the theory and practice of esthetics to students in a licensed cosmetology or esthetics school. "Licensed hair braider" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice hair braiding as defined in this Act and whose license is in good standing. "Licensed hair braiding teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice hair braiding and to provide instruction in the theory and practice of hair braiding to students in a licensed cosmetology or hair braiding school. "Licensed nail technology teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice nail technology and to provide instruction in the theory and practice of nail technology to students in a licensed nail technology or cosmetology school. "Licensed continuing education sponsor" means an entity that is authorized by the Department to coordinate and present continuing education courses or programs for cosmetologists, cosmetology teachers, cosmetology clinic teachers, estheticians, esthetics teachers, nail technicians, nail technology teachers, hair braiders, and hair braiding teachers. "Licensed school" means a postsecondary educational institution of cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, nail technology, or hair braiding that is authorized by the Department to provide a postsecondary education program in compliance with the requirements of this Act. "Enrollment date" is the date upon which the student signs an enrollment agreement or student contract. "Enrollment agreement" or "student contract" is any agreement, instrument, or contract however named, which creates or evidences an obligation binding a student to purchase a course of instruction from a school. "Enrollment time" means the maximum number of hours a student could have attended class, whether or not the student did in fact attend all those hours. "Elapsed enrollment time" means the enrollment time elapsed between the actual starting date and the date of the student's last day of physical attendance in the school. "Mobile shop or salon" means a self-contained facility that may be moved, towed, or transported from one location to another and in which barbering, cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, or nail technology is practiced. "Public member" means a person on the Board who is not a current or former licensed cosmetologist, barber, esthetician, nail technician, or hair braider, teacher of barbering, cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology, or hair braiding, or owner of a business that employs professionals licensed to provide services under this Act, a school licensed under this Act, or a continuing education sponsor licensed under this Act. "Public member" does not include any person with a significant financial interest in salons, shops, schools, continuing education sponsors, or products relating to cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, nail technology, or hair braiding. "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. "Threading" means any technique that results in the removal of superfluous hair from the body by twisting thread around unwanted hair and then pulling it from the skin; and may also include the incidental trimming of eyebrow hair.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 104-153, eff. 1-1-26 .)