Washington Code 18.16.060 – License required — Penalty — Exemptions
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(1) It is unlawful for any person to engage in a practice listed in subsection (2) of this section unless the person has a license in good standing as required by this chapter. A license issued under this chapter shall be considered to be “in good standing” except when:
Terms Used In Washington Code 18.16.060
- Apprentice: means a person who is engaged in a state-approved apprenticeship program and who must receive a wage or compensation while engaged in the program. See Washington Code 18.16.020
- Apprenticeship program: means a state-approved apprenticeship program pursuant to chapter 49. See Washington Code 18.16.020
- Barber: means a person licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of barbering. See Washington Code 18.16.020
- Department: means the department of licensing. See Washington Code 18.16.020
- Director: means the director of the department of licensing or the director's designee. See Washington Code 18.16.020
- Esthetician: means a person licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of esthetics. See Washington Code 18.16.020
- Hair design: means the practice of arranging, dressing, cutting, trimming, styling, shampooing, permanent waving, chemical relaxing, straightening, curling, bleaching, lightening, coloring, mustache and beard design, and superficial skin stimulation of the scalp. See Washington Code 18.16.020
- Instructor: means a person who gives instruction in a school, or who provides classroom theory training to apprentices in locations other than in a school, in a curriculum in which he or she holds a license under this chapter, has completed at least five hundred hours of instruction in teaching techniques and lesson planning in a school, or who has documented experience as an instructor for more than five hundred hours in another state in the curriculum of study, and has passed a licensing examination approved or administered by the director. See Washington Code 18.16.020
- Manicurist: means a person licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of manicuring. See Washington Code 18.16.020
- Mobile unit: is a location license under this chapter where the practice of cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, master esthetics, or manicuring is conducted in a mobile structure. See Washington Code 18.16.020
- Person: means any individual, partnership, professional service corporation, joint stock association, joint venture, or any other entity authorized to do business in this state. See Washington Code 18.16.020
- Personal services: means a location licensed under this chapter where the practice of cosmetology, hair design, barbering, manicuring, esthetics, or master esthetics is performed for clients in the client's home, office, or other location that is convenient for the client. See Washington Code 18.16.020
- Practice of cosmetology: means arranging, dressing, cutting, trimming, styling, shampooing, permanent waving, chemical relaxing, straightening, curling, bleaching, lightening, coloring, waxing, tweezing, shaving, and mustache and beard design of the hair of the face, neck, and scalp; temporary removal of superfluous hair by use of depilatories, waxing, or tweezing; manicuring and pedicuring, limited to cleaning, shaping, polishing, decorating, and caring for and treatment of the cuticles and nails of the hands and feet, excluding the application and removal of sculptured or otherwise artificial nails; esthetics limited to toning the skin of the scalp, stimulating the skin of the body by the use of preparations, tonics, lotions, or creams; and tinting eyelashes and eyebrows. See Washington Code 18.16.020
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- School: means any establishment that offers curriculum of instruction in the practice of cosmetology, hair design, barbering, esthetics, master esthetics, manicuring, or instructor-trainee to students and is licensed under this chapter. See Washington Code 18.16.020
(a) The license has expired or has been canceled and has not been renewed in accordance with RCW 18.16.110;
(b) The license has been denied, revoked, or suspended under RCW 18.16.210, * 18.16.230, or 18.16.240, and has not been reinstated;
(c) The license is held by a person who has not fully complied with an order of the director issued under RCW 18.16.210 requiring the licensee to pay restitution or a fine, or to acquire additional training; or
(d) The license has been placed on inactive status at the request of the licensee, and has not been reinstated in accordance with RCW 18.16.110(3).
(2) The director may take action under RCW 18.235.150 and 18.235.160 against any person who does any of the following without first obtaining, and maintaining in good standing, the license required by this chapter:
(a) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4) of this section, engages in the commercial practice of cosmetology, hair design, barbering, esthetics, master esthetics, or manicuring;
(b) Instructs in a school;
(c) Operates a school; or
(d) Operates a salon/shop, personal services, or mobile unit.
(3) A person who receives a license as an instructor may engage in the commercial practice for which he or she held a license when applying for the instructor license without also renewing the previously held license. However, a person licensed as an instructor whose license to engage in a commercial practice is not or at any time was not renewed may not engage in the commercial practice previously permitted under that license unless that person renews the previously held license.
(4) An apprentice actively enrolled in an apprenticeship program for cosmetology, barbering, hair design, esthetics, master esthetics, or manicuring may engage in the commercial practice as required for the apprenticeship program.
[ 2015 c 62 § 4; 2013 c 187 § 4; 2008 c 20 § 4; 2004 c 51 § 1. Prior: 2002 c 111 § 5; 2002 c 86 § 214; 1991 c 324 § 4; 1984 c 208 § 3.]
NOTES:
*Reviser’s note: RCW 18.16.230 was repealed by 2018 c 199 § 101.
Notice of chapter 51, Laws of 2004—2004 c 51: “The department of licensing shall:
(1) Within ninety days after March 22, 2004, notify each person who held a cosmetology, barber, manicurist, or esthetician license between June 30, 1999, and June 30, 2003, of the provisions of this act by mailing a notice as specified in this section to the licensee’s last known mailing address;
(2) Include in the notice required by this section:
(a) A summary of this act, including a summary of the requirements for (i) renewing and obtaining additional licenses; and (ii) requesting placement on inactive status;
(b) A telephone number within the department for obtaining further information;
(c) The department’s internet address; and
(d) On the outside of the notice, a facsimile of the state seal, the department’s return address, and the words “Notice of Legislative Changes — Cosmetology, Barbering, Manicuring, and Esthetics Licensing Information Enclosed” in conspicuous boldface type.” [ 2004 c 51 § 6.]
Effective date—2004 c 51: “This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [March 22, 2004].” [ 2004 c 51 § 11.]
Effective date—2002 c 111: See note following RCW 18.16.010.
Effective dates—2002 c 86: See note following RCW 18.08.340.