GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 857

Short Title:  Esthetic Services.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Kaplan.
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Referred to:  Children and Human Resources.
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April 14, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ESTHETIC SERVICES ARE NOT REGULATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF COSMETIC ART EXAMINERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 88-2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 88-2. Cosmetic art.
Any one or a combination of the following practices, when done for pay, or reward, shall constitute the practice of cosmetic art in the meaning of this Chapter:
The systematic massaging with the hands or mechanical apparatus of the scalp, face, neck, shoulders and hands; the use of cosmetic preparations and antiseptics; manicuring; cutting, dyeing, cleansing, arranging, dressing, waving, and marcelling of the hair, and the use of electricity for stimulating growth of hair.
Provided, however, esthetic services shall not constitute the practice of cosmetic art.  For purposes of this exemption, 'esthetic services' include:
(1)	Cleansing, exercising, massaging, stimulating, or performing any other similar procedure on the arms, face, hands, or scalp by electrical, mechanical, or other means;
(2)	Applying to the face an alcohol, cream, lotion, astringent, or cosmetic preparation; or
(3)	Removing superfluous hair by the use of a depilatory, tweezers, or wax."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.