N.Y. General Business Law 409 – Fees
§ 409. Fees. 1. The non-refundable fee for an application for a license to engage in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics or cosmetology, shall be forty dollars initially and for each renewal thereof the fee shall be forty dollars; the fee for a temporary license and each renewal shall be ten dollars.
Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 409
- Appearance enhancement business: means the business of providing any or all of the services licensed pursuant to this article at a fixed location. See N.Y. General Business Law 400
- cosmetology: means providing the services described in subdivisions four, five and six of this section, providing service to the hair, head, face, neck or scalp of a human being, including but not limited to shaving, trimming, and cutting the hair or beard either by hand or mechanical appliances and the application of antiseptics, powders, oil, clays, lotions or applying tonics to the hair, head, or scalp, and in addition includes providing, for a fee or any consideration or exchange, whether direct or indirect, services for the application of dyes, reactive chemicals, or other preparations to alter the color or to straighten, curl, or alter the structure of the hair of a human being. See N.Y. General Business Law 400
- esthetics: means providing for a fee, or any consideration or exchange, whether direct or indirect, services to enhance the appearance of the face, neck, arms, legs, and shoulders of a human being by the use of compounds or procedures including makeup, eyelashes, depilatories, tonics, lotions, waxes, sanding and tweezing, whether performed by manual, mechanical, chemical or electrical means and instruments but shall not include the practice of electrology. See N.Y. General Business Law 400
- nail specialty: means providing services for a fee or any consideration or exchange to cut, shape or to enhance the appearance of the nails of the hands or feet. See N.Y. General Business Law 400
- natural hair styling: means providing for a fee, or any consideration or exchange, whether direct or indirect, any of the following services to the hair of a human being: shampooing, arranging, dressing, twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking or braiding the hair or beard by either hand or mechanical appliances. See N.Y. General Business Law 400
- Person: means an individual, firm, limited liability company, partnership or corporation. See N.Y. General Business Law 400
- Secretary: means the secretary of state. See N.Y. General Business Law 400
- Trainee: means a person pursuing in good faith a course of study in the practice of nail specialty under the tutelage, supervision and direction of a licensed nail practitioner. See N.Y. General Business Law 400
- waxing: means providing for a fee, or any consideration or exchange, whether direct or indirect, services to enhance the appearance of the face, neck, arms, legs, or shoulders of a human being by the removal of hair by the use of depilatories, waxes or tweezing but shall not include the practice of electrology. See N.Y. General Business Law 400
2. The fee for an appearance enhancement business license shall be sixty dollars initially and sixty dollars for each renewal thereof.
3. Upon a determination that it is in the best public interest to do so, the secretary may promulgate rules imposing fees not to exceed twenty dollars for the registration and renewal of the registration of a trainee.
4. The secretary shall receive a non-refundable examination fee of fifteen dollars from each person who takes a written examination pursuant to this article. Fees collected pursuant to this article shall be deposited to the credit of the business and licensing services account established pursuant to the provisions of § 97-y of the state finance law.
5. The fee for issuing a duplicate license certificate, in substitution for one lost, destroyed or mutilated shall be ten dollars.
6. The fee for changing a name on an appearance enhancement business license shall be thirty dollars.
7. The fee for changing the address on a license shall be ten dollars.
8. The fees herein set forth shall be those for licenses issued for the license period of four years.