Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:589 – Certificates of registration for managers
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:589
- Cosmetologist: means any person, who is not exempted from the provisions of this Chapter pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- Cosmetology: means the practice of using one's hands, mechanical or electrical apparatuses, or appliances or using cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, soaps, detergents, tonics, lotions, or creams in any one or any combination of the practices of esthetics, hair dressing, and manicuring for compensation, direct or indirect, including tips. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- Esthetician: means a person who practices esthetics. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- Esthetics: means engaging in any one or a combination of the following practices: massaging the face or neck of a person, dyeing or trimming eyebrows, applying natural or artificial enhancements to eyelashes, hair removal by cosmetic preparations, threading, waxing, or other similar means, stimulating, cleansing, or beautifying the face, neck, arms, bust, upper body, legs, or feet of a person by any method with the aid of the hands or of any mechanical or electrical apparatus, including micro-dermabrasion, epidermabrasion, or particle exfoliation using equipment and methodology approved by the board or by the use of a cosmetic preparation; however, esthetics shall not include the diagnosis, treatment, or therapy of any dermatological condition, or the process of removing hair known as "electrolysis". See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- Manager: means a person responsible for supervising any facility required to be licensed as a beauty shop or salon where one or more person offers cosmetology services or engages in the practice of cosmetology. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- Manicuring: means trimming, filing, decorating, shaping, sculpting, or in any way caring for the nails and skin of another person's hands or feet together with massaging the hands, arms, legs, and feet including pedicuring; however, manicuring shall not include the use of blades or graters for callous or skin removal. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- Manicurist: means a person who practices manicuring. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- Mobile salon: means a self-contained facility, where cosmetology is practiced for a fee, that may be moved, towed, or transported from one location to another. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- salon: means any premises upon or within which cosmetology is practiced for a fee. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
A. Any cosmetology salon owner or mobile salon owner who is not a licensed cosmetologist, any manicuring salon owner who is not a licensed manicurist, and any esthetics salon owner who is not a licensed esthetician shall employ one or more registered managers who shall be a licensed cosmetologist; however, a registered manicurist may manage a manicuring salon and a registered esthetician may manage an esthetics salon. A registered manager shall be present at the salon during all hours of operation and shall be responsible for ensuring that all persons practicing cosmetology within the facility are appropriately licensed and follow all applicable laws and rules and regulations.
B. A shop owner who is absent from his respective shop more than two working days per week shall employ a manager, who shall be a registered cosmetologist and who shall obtain a certificate of registration as a manager. However, a registered manicurist may manage a manicuring salon, and a registered esthetician may manage an esthetics salon.
Acts 2001, No. 907, §2, eff. June 26, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 808, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2016, No. 271, §1; Acts 2016, No. 611, §1.