62-4-109. Persons and activities exempt.
*** Current through the 2015 Regular Session ***
Title 62 Professions, Businesses and Trades
Chapter 4 Tennessee Cosmetology Act of 1986
Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-4-109 (2016)
62-4-109. Persons and activities exempt.
(a) The following persons are exempt from this chapter:
(1) Persons and establishments engaged exclusively in massage, as defined by § 63-18-102;
(2) Duly registered barbers and technicians operating in duly registered barber shops only;
(3) Physicians and surgeons or trained nurses, trained nurses assistants, aides or similar personnel, acting solely in their professional capacities;
(4) Any person rendering cosmetology services in the person's own home without charge to the recipient;
(5) Any person who demonstrates or applies, or both, cosmetics without charge in a retail establishment; and
(6) Any person who engages in hair wrapping; provided, that the person posts a notice at the place of business indicating that the person is not licensed by the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners; and provided, further, that the person uses disposable instruments or implements that are sanitized in a disinfectant approved for hospital use or approved by the federal environmental protection agency. Before engaging in hair wrapping, a person shall attend sixteen (16) hours of training provided by a licensed school of cosmetology and shall receive a certificate indicating attendance at the training. The certificate shall be retained and displayed on request. The training shall consist of eight (8) hours concerning health and hygiene issues and eight (8) hours concerning relevant state law.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to the educational activities conducted in connection with any special education program of any bona fide association of licensed cosmetologists from which the general public is excluded.
HISTORY: Acts 1986, ch. 817, § 9; 1987, ch. 112, § 3; 1987, ch. 382, § 29; 1988, ch. 902, § 15; 1989, ch. 93, § 5; 2002, ch. 804, § 2; 2014, ch. 964, § 6.
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