Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 317A - Cosmetologists

• Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Beauty salon: means any establishment in which the practice of cosmetology is conducted for the general public or for consideration. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Board: means the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Cosmetologist: means a person who engages in the practice of cosmetology for the public generally or for consideration, regardless of the name under which the practice is conducted. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Cosmetology: means the practice of: (a) Hair styling. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Esthetic practices: means one (1) or more of the following acts:
  (a) Beautifying, cleansing, cosmetic preparations, exfoliating, facials, makeup, removal of superfluous hair, stimulation, tinting, tweezing, or waxing. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Esthetic salon: means a place where an esthetician performs esthetic practices. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Esthetician: means a person who is licensed by the board to engage in esthetic practices in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Eyelash artistry: means the process of attaching semipermanent lashes or eyelash extensions to natural eyelashes. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Hair styling: means the practice of:
  (a) Arranging, beautifying, bleaching, cleansing, coloring, curling, cutting, dressing, manipulating, permanent waving, singeing, tinting, or trimming of natural or artificial hair. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Instructor: means any individual licensed to teach cosmetology, esthetics, or nail technology who holds a corresponding license in cosmetology, esthetics practice, or nail technology. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Limited beauty salon: means any establishment in which the practice of shampoo and style services, makeup artistry, eyelash artistry, or threading are conducted for the general public or for consideration. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Makeup artistry: includes :
  1. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Nail salon: means any establishment in which the practice of nail technology only is conducted for the general public or for consideration. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Natural hair braiding: includes :
  1. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Probate: Proving a will
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• real estate: includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interest therein, other than a chattel interest. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• school of cosmetology: means any operation, place, or establishment in or through which persons are trained or taught the practice of cosmetology, esthetic practices, and nail technology. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• school of esthetic practices: means any operation, place, or establishment in or through which persons are trained in esthetic practices. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• school of nail technology: means any operation, place, or establishment in or through which persons are trained in nail technology. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Shampoo and style services: means beautifying, cleaning, or arranging the hair of an individual for consideration only at a limited beauty salon. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Threading: means the process of removing hair from below the eyebrow by use of a thread woven through the hair to be removed. See Kentucky Statutes 317A.010
• Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
  that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010