§ 643.010 — Definitions

Nevada § 643.010

• Jurisdiction: Nevada
• Title 54: PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESSES
• Ch. 643: Barbers

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Barber school” includes a school of barbering, college of barbering and any other place or institution of instruction training persons to engage in the practice of barbering.
2. “Barbershop” means any establishment or place of business where the practice of barbering is engaged in or carried on.
3. “Board” means the State Barbers’ Health and Sanitation Board.
4. “Instructor” means any person who is licensed by the Board pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to instruct the practice of barbering in a barber school.
5. “Licensed apprentice” means a person who is licensed to engage in the practice of barbering as an apprentice pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
6. “Licensed barber” means a person who is licensed to engage in the practice of barbering pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
7. “Practice of barbering” means any of the following practices for cosmetic purposes:
(a) Shaving or trimming the beard, cutting or trimming the hair, or hair weaving.
(b) Giving massages of the face or scalp or treatments with oils, creams, lotions or other preparations, by hand or mechanical appliances.
(c) Singeing, shampooing or dyeing the hair, or applying hair tonics.
(d) Applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils or lotions to the scalp, face or neck.
(e) Arranging, fitting, cutting, styling, cleaning, coloring or dyeing a hairpiece or wig, whether made of human hair or synthetic material. This does not restrict any establishment from setting or styling a hairpiece or wig in preparation for retail sale.
8. “Student” means a person receiving instruction in a barber school.

Legislative History

[Part 2:131:1929; A 1937, 213 ; 1931 NCL § 761]—(NRS A 1959, 324 ; 1971, 50 ; 1987, 1389 ; 1999, 2577 )