Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 313-A - Barbering, Cosmetology, and Esthetics

• Barber: means any person practicing barbering. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• Barbering: means :
  (a) Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair;
  (b) Giving facial or scalp massages or treatment with oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations, either by hand or mechanical appliances; or
  (c) Shampooing, arranging, dressing, or styling the hair. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• Barbershop: means any establishment or place of business wherein the practice of barbering is engaged in or carried on. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• Board: means the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Cosmetologist: means any person practicing cosmetology. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• Cosmetology: means arranging, dressing, curling, waving, cleansing, cutting, bleaching, coloring, or similarly treating the hair of any person, and performing other work customarily performed by a cosmetologist such as giving facials, manicures, pedicures, and artificial nail enhancements, applying makeup or eyelashes to any person, and removing superfluous hair. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• Esthetician: means any person practicing esthetics. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• 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.
• Fitzpatrick scale: means the following scale for classifying the 6 skin types, based on the skin's reaction to the first 10 to 45 minutes of sun exposure after the winter season:
  Skin Type Sunburning and Tanning History
  1 Always burns easily; never tans
  2 Always burns easily; tans minimally
  3 Burns moderately; tans gradually
  4 Burns minimally; always tans well
  5 Rarely burns; tans profusely
  6 Never burns; deeply pigmented. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• governor and council: shall mean the governor with the advice and consent of the council. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:31-a
• 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.
• Manicuring: or "pedicuring" means cutting, trimming, polishing, applying artificial enhancements such as tips or acrylic to the natural nails, or coloring or cleansing the nails of any person. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• Manicurist: or "pedicurist" means any person practicing manicuring or pedicuring. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• Master barber: means any person licensed by the board as a master barber to practice the following:
  (a) Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair;
  (b) Giving facial or scalp massages or treatment with oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations, either by hand or mechanical appliances;
  (c) Shampooing, arranging, dressing, or dyeing the hair or applying hair tonics;
  (d) Applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays, or lotions to scalp, face, or neck, or removing superfluous hair from the face and neck of any person; or
  (e) Styling, waving, curling, straightening, or bleaching the hair by mechanical or chemical means. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• Mobile barbershop: means a vehicle or structure, readily mobile, designed, constructed or adapted to serve as a barbershop at multiple sites. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• month: shall mean a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:8
• Operator: means a person age 18 or older who has received training through a program approved by the board in the safe operation of tanning devices, operates the tanning device, controls the length of the exposure to UV light, and instructs the consumer in the proper use of the device. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• pedicuring: means cutting, trimming, polishing, applying artificial enhancements such as tips or acrylic to the natural nails, or coloring or cleansing the nails of any person. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
• petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
• Phototherapy device: means equipment that emits UV radiation and is used by licensed health care professionals in the treatment of disease. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Salon: means a beauty salon or other place kept open for the business of cosmetology, manicuring, or esthetics. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• School: means a school or other institution, or a dedicated program within such school or institution, conducted for the purpose of teaching cosmetology, manicuring, barbering, or esthetics. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
• Tanning device: includes any equipment, including a sunlamp, tanning booth, and tanning bed, that emits electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the air between 200 and 400 nanometers and is used for the tanning of human skin. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• Tanning facility: means any location, place, area, structure or business which provides access to a tanning device for a fee, membership dues or any other compensation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
• United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4