CHAPTER 387*
HAIRDRESSERS AND COSMETICIANS

      *See Sec. 19a-88b re renewal of certain professional and occupational licenses, certificates, permits or registrations which become void while the holder is on active duty in the armed forces of the United States.

      Purpose of chapter. 113 C. 563. Chapters 383 to 388, inclusive, cited. 207 C. 674, 677. Cited. 242 C. 1.

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Sec. 20-250. Definitions.
Sec. 20-251. Department of Health Services to supervise hairdressing and cosmetology.
Sec. 20-252. Licenses. Examinations.
Sec. 20-252a. Credit for out-of-state training.
Sec. 20-253. License and examination fees. Display of license. Renewal.
Sec. 20-254. License without examination.
Sec. 20-255. Examinations for out-of-state licensees.
Sec. 20-255a. Guest permit to operate at educational show.
Sec. 20-256. Renewal of licenses of persons in armed forces.
Sec. 20-257. License not to be loaned. Aiding unlicensed practitioner.
Sec. 20-258. Inspection of shops. Requirement for operation of shop.
Sec. 20-259. Management of establishments.
Sec. 20-260. Practice by unlicensed person.
Sec. 20-261. Licenses for manicuring.
Sec. 20-262. Schools for instruction. Approval. Change of location or ownership.
Sec. 20-263. Disciplinary action; grounds.
Sec. 20-264. Appeal.
Sec. 20-265. Penalty.
Sec. 20-266. Fair practices.
Secs. 20-266a to 20-266f. Nail technicians, generally.

      Sec. 20-250. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

      (1) "Board" means the Connecticut Examining Board for Barbers, Hairdressers and Cosmeticians established under section 20-235a;

      (2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Health;

      (3) "Department" means the Department of Public Health;

      (4) "Hairdressing and cosmetology" means the art of dressing, arranging, curling, waving, weaving, cutting, singeing, bleaching and coloring the hair and treating the scalp of any person, and massaging, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, exercising or beautifying with the use of the hands, appliances, cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, creams, powders, oils or clays and doing similar work on the face, neck and arms, and manicuring the fingernails of any person for compensation, provided nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit an unlicensed person from performing facials, eyebrow arching, shampooing, manicuring of the fingernails or, for cosmetic purposes only, trimming, filing and painting the healthy toenails, excluding cutting nail beds, corns and calluses or other medical treatment involving the foot or ankle, or braiding hair;

      (5) "Registered hairdresser and cosmetician" means any person who (A) has successfully completed the ninth grade or has passed an equivalency examination, evidencing such education, prepared by the Commissioner of Education and conducted by the Department of Public Health, and (B) holds a license to practice as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician; and

      (6) "Student" means any person who is engaged in learning or acquiring a knowledge of hairdressing and cosmetology at a school approved in accordance with the provisions of this chapter who has successfully completed ninth grade or its equivalent. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to schools conducted by the State Board of Education.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4586; February, 1965, P.A. 79; 363, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 822, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 46; P.A. 77-519, S. 1, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 323, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 111, 174, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 55, 71; P.A. 84-33, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 62; P.A. 01-195, S. 164, 181; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 12, 58; P.A. 04-221, S. 14.)

      History: 1965 acts added twenty-one-year age requirement and three-year assistant's license alternative and raised minimum training and experience alternative from three years in Subdiv. (7) and added sixteen-year age and eighth-grade requirement in Subdiv. (8); 1969 act redefined "operator", clarifying education level required of applicants before and after July 1, 1972, and redefined "registered hairdresser and cosmetician" to allow passing equivalency examination as alternative to tenth grade education; 1972 act changed minimum age requirement for hairdresser and cosmetician from twenty-one to eighteen, reflecting lowered age of majority; P.A. 77-519 deleted requirement that person be or intend to become a U.S. citizen in Subdivs. (1), (5), (6) and (7); P.A. 77-614 replaced secretary of the state board of education with commissioner of education and commissioner and department of health with commissioner and department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 deleted definitions of "assistant hairdresser and cosmetician" and "instructor" and defined "board" renumbering Subdivs. accordingly, deleted minimum age requirements for operators, hairdresser and cosmeticians and students, replaced references to females with references to "any person" in Subdiv. (4) and deleted references to holding of assistant hairdresser and cosmetician's license in Subdiv. (6), formerly Subdiv. (7); P.A. 81-471 amended section to clarify that term "manicuring" applies to fingernails, to delete reference to "operator", to clarify that unlicensed persons may perform facials, eyebrow arching, shampooing and manicuring, to substitute approval of hairdressing schools for licensure and to increase the entry level educational requirements for hairdressing and cosmetology students from eighth grade to ninth grade; P.A. 84-33 amended Subsec. (4) to include pedicures in the definition of hairdressing and cosmetology; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 amended Subdiv. (4) by deleting "manicuring of the fingernails" and adding "braiding hair"; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 amended Subdiv. (4) by adding provision re unlicensed person performing manicuring of the fingernails, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 04-221 amended Subdiv. (4) to allow unlicensed person to treat toenails for cosmetic purposes only, effective June 8, 2004.

      Cited. 113 C. 563.

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      Sec. 20-251. Department of Health Services to supervise hairdressing and cosmetology. Section 20-251 is repealed.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4585; 1951, S. 2288d; 1971, P.A. 468, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)

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      Sec. 20-252. Licenses. Examinations. No person shall engage in the occupation of registered hairdresser and cosmetician without having obtained a license from the department. Persons desiring such licenses shall apply in writing on forms furnished by the department. No license shall be issued, except a renewal of a license, to a registered hairdresser and cosmetician unless the applicant has shown to the satisfaction of the department that the applicant has complied with the laws and the regulations administered or adopted by the department. No applicant shall be licensed as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician, except by renewal of a license, until the applicant has made written application to the department, setting forth by affidavit that the applicant has successfully completed the eighth grade or has passed an equivalency examination, evidencing such education, prepared by the Commissioner of Education and that the applicant has completed a course of not less than fifteen hundred hours of study in a school approved in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, in a school teaching hairdressing and cosmetology under the supervision of the State Board of Education, or, if trained outside of Connecticut, in a school teaching hairdressing and cosmetology whose requirements are equivalent to those of a Connecticut school and until the applicant has passed a written examination satisfactory to the department. Examinations required for licensure under this chapter shall be prescribed by the department with the advice and assistance of the board. The department shall establish a passing score for examinations with the advice and assistance of the board which shall be the same as the passing score established in section 20-236.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4590, 4591; 1957, P.A. 215; February, 1965, P.A. 363, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 822, S. 2, 3; 1971, P.A. 468, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 47; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 323, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 112, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 56, 71; P.A. 84-173, S. 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-43, S. 4; P.A. 01-195, S. 165, 181; P.A. 04-221, S. 15.)

      History: 1965 act added twenty-one-year and tenth-grade requirements and three-year assistant's license alternative and raised training and experience alternative from three years; 1969 act amended Subsec. (a) to add education requirements and amended Subsec. (c) to allow equivalency examination as alternative to tenth grade education; 1971 act deleted practical and oral segment of examination in Subsecs. (a) and (c); 1972 act reduced minimum age requirement in Subsec. (c) from twenty-one to eighteen, reflecting changed age of majority; P.A. 77-614 replaced secretary of the state board of education with commissioner of education and department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 deleted references to assistant hairdresser and cosmetician and instructor categories, including Subsecs. (b) and (d) which had contained licensing requirements for those categories, deleted requirement that applicants be "of good moral character", redesignated remaining Subsecs. (a), (c) and (e) as (1), (2) and (3), deleted minimum age requirements in Subsecs. (1) and (2) and added provisions in Subsec. (2) re health services department's responsibility for administering exams and establishing passing scores; P.A. 81-471 amended section to eliminate reference to operator's license and qualifications, to delete the requirement that equivalency examinations be given concurrently with licensure examinations, to eliminate requirement of training under the personal supervision of a registered hairdresser and cosmetician and to insert a specific requirement of not less than fifteen hundred hours of study in an approved school and reduce the entry level educational requirement from tenth grade to ninth grade; P.A. 84-173 required examinations for licensure to be prescribed by the department with the advice and assistance of the board and required the board's advice and assistance rather than consent in establishing a passing score; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-43 changed education requirement from ninth grade to eighth grade; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001; P.A. 04-221 deleted requirements that department conduct equivalency and licensure examinations, and added provision re training at school outside state.

      Cited. 113 C. 564.

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      Sec. 20-252a. Credit for out-of-state training. Section 20-252a is repealed, effective October 1, 2004.

      (1961, P.A. 300; 1971, P.A. 468, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 113, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 04-221, S. 40.)

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      Sec. 20-253. License and examination fees. Display of license. Renewal. License or examination fees shall be paid to the department at the time of application as follows: (1) For examination as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician, the sum of fifty dollars; and (2) for renewal of any hairdresser and cosmetician license, the sum of fifty dollars. Each person engaged in the occupation of registered hairdresser and cosmetician shall, at all times, conspicuously display such person's license within the place where such occupation is being conducted. All hairdresser and cosmetician licenses, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be renewed once every two years and shall expire in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88. No person shall carry on the occupation of hairdressing and cosmetology after the expiration of such person's license until such person has made application to the department for the renewal of such license. Such application shall be in writing, addressed to the department and signed by the person applying for such renewal. The department may renew any hairdresser and cosmetician license if application for such renewal is received by the department within ninety days after the expiration of such license.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4591; 1963, P.A. 16; 1969, P.A. 722, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 468, S. 3; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 78; P.A. 80-484, S. 114, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 58, 71; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 32, 117; P.A. 95-125, S. 4, 6; P.A. 01-195, S. 166, 181; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 24.)

      History: 1963 act increased fees for renewing license and for license as assistant hairdresser and cosmetician from two to three dollars; 1969 act increased fee for operator's examination from five to ten dollars and for instructor's examination from five to twenty dollars; 1971 acts deleted practical and oral aspects of examination, increased examination fees for assistant hairdresser and cosmetician from three to ten dollars and for registered hairdresser and cosmetician from ten to twenty-five dollars and increased fee for renewal of any license from three to five dollars; P.A. 80-484 deleted references to assistant hairdresser and cosmetician and to instructor categories, deleted provision re dollar per month penalty for failure to renew license in timely fashion, allowed ten dollar charge for reexamination which was previously given without charge, replaced December thirty-first expiration date with expiration in accordance with Sec. 19-45, allowed late renewals if applications received within ninety days rather than twelve months from date of expiration and deleted provisions governing resumption of practice after having ceased to be a license holder; P.A. 81-471 amended section to delete references to fees and examinations for operators; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 increased the examination fee from twenty-five to fifty dollars and the annual renewal fee from five to twenty-five dollars; P.A. 95-125 eliminated reference to the two-dollar duplicate license fee, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 changed license renewal from annually to biennially and increased renewal fee from twenty-five to fifty dollars, effective January 1, 2004.

      Cited. 113 C. 564.

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      Sec. 20-254. License without examination. Any person who holds a license at the time of application as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician, or as a person entitled to perform similar services under different designations in any other state, in the District of Columbia, or in a commonwealth or territory of the United States, and who (1) has completed not less than fifteen hundred hours of formal education and training in hairdressing and cosmetology, and (2) was issued such license on the basis of successful completion of an examination shall be eligible for licensing in this state and entitled to a license without examination upon payment of a fee of fifty dollars. Applicants who trained in another state, district, commonwealth or territory which required less than fifteen hundred hours of formal education and training may substitute no more than five hundred hours of licensed work experience in such other state, district, commonwealth or territory toward meeting the training requirement. If the examination was taken in a language other than English, the applicant shall demonstrate successful completion of an English proficiency examination as prescribed by the department. No license shall be issued under this section to any applicant against whom professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint. The department shall inform the board annually of the number of applications it receives for licensure without examination under this section.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4592; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 79; P.A. 80-484, S. 115, 174, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 59, 71; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 33, 117; P.A. 03-32, S. 1; P.A. 04-221, S. 16.)

      History: 1971 act increased fee from twenty to twenty-five dollars; P.A. 80-484 deleted distinction between "assistant" and "registered" hairdressers and cosmeticians, deleted requirement that applicant be "of good moral character" and required that he be "a currently practicing, competent practitioner" for examination waiver to apply and added provisions prohibiting issuance of license to one involved in disciplinary action or unresolved complaint and requiring annual notification of board of number of applications; P.A. 81-471 eliminated reference to licensure as operator; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised fee from twenty-five to fifty dollars; P.A. 03-32 added persons licensed in a commonwealth or territory as eligible for license without examination and made technical changes; P.A. 04-221 required fifteen hundred hours of education and successful completion of examination to qualify for licensure without examination, added provisions re experience in lieu of training hours and demonstration of proficiency in English and made conforming changes.

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      Sec. 20-255. Examinations for out-of-state licensees. Section 20-255 is repealed.

      (1951, S. 2289d; 1971, P.A. 468, S. 4; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 80; P.A. 77-519, S. 2, 6; P.A. 80-484, S. 116, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 70, 71.)

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      Sec. 20-255a. Guest permit to operate at educational show. Any person who is licensed to perform hairdressing or cosmetology services under similar or different designations in any other state or territory or in the District of Columbia or any foreign country may be granted a temporary guest permit by the Department of Public Health to operate at a hairdressing or cosmetology educational show or demonstration limited to hairdressers and cosmetologists licensed by the state of Connecticut. Such permit shall be for the duration of such educational show or demonstration and shall not exceed a period of one week. Each such person shall pay a permit fee of twenty-five dollars therefor and an admission fee to such show or demonstration may be charged.

      (1961, P.A. 128; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.

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      Sec. 20-256. Renewal of licenses of persons in armed forces. Any person who held a license to practice hairdressing and cosmetology in this state in October, 1940, or who has obtained a license since that time, and who has not renewed his license to practice hairdressing and cosmetology because of service in the armed forces, shall notify the Department of Public Health in writing of his intention to resume practice, shall set forth by affidavit such information as the department requires and shall be issued the same type of license he last held in this state and may resume practice. In such cases the renewal fee of five dollars shall be waived for the first license issued following discharge from the armed forces.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4593; 1951, S. 2290d; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 86-403, S. 44, 132; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 86-403 made technical change; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.

      See Sec. 19a-88b re renewal of license of persons serving in U.S. armed forces.

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      Sec. 20-257. License not to be loaned. Aiding unlicensed practitioner. Any registered hairdresser and cosmetician licensed under the provisions of this chapter, who rents, loans or allows the use of such license to any person, or who aids or abets the practice of hairdressing and cosmetology by an unlicensed person, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars and shall forfeit such license.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4594; P.A. 80-484, S. 117, 176; P.A. 01-195, S. 167, 181.)

      History: P.A. 80-484 deleted references to assistant hairdresser and cosmetician and instructor categories and to certificates; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001.

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      Sec. 20-258. Inspection of shops. Requirement for operation of shop. All hairdressing shops shall be inspected regarding their sanitary condition by the department whenever the department deems it necessary, and any authorized representative of the department shall have full power to enter and inspect any such shop during usual business hours. If any hairdressing shop, upon such inspection, is found to be in an unsanitary condition, the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall make written order that such shop be placed in a sanitary condition. No person, other than a person operating a hairdressing shop on May 17, 1982, may operate any hairdressing shop unless such person has been licensed as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician for not less than two years.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4587; 1963, P.A. 15; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 81; P.A. 80-484, S. 118, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 57, 71; P.A. 82-215, S. 1, 3; 82-472, S. 83, 183; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-195, S. 168, 181.)

      History: 1963 act added fee for annual renewal of certificate; 1971 act increased fee for initial certificate from twenty to fifty dollars and for renewal from five to ten dollars; P.A. 80-484 replaced December thirty-first expiration date with provision for expiration in accordance with Sec. 19-45; P.A. 81-471 replaced provisions re registration procedures for hairdressing shops with provisions requiring that such shops be inspected by the department; P.A. 82-215 required a person to be licensed as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician for not less than two years before such person may operate a hairdressing shop; P.A. 82-472 made technical changes; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001.

      The registration provided for pertains to the place of business itself. 113 C. 564.

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      Sec. 20-259. Management of establishments. Each hairdressing shop, store or place shall be under the management of a registered hairdresser and cosmetician.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4588; P.A. 80-484, S. 119, 176; P.A. 01-195, S. 169, 181.)

      History: P.A. 80-484 deleted proviso which had allowed management of shop, etc. by assistant hairdresser and cosmetician for fourteen days in three-month period if registered hairdresser and cosmetician is absent; P.A. 01-195 substituted "hairdressing shop" for "such registered shop", effective July 11, 2001.

      Purpose of statute is that the work done shall be under supervision of a person of skill. 113 C. 564.

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      Sec. 20-260. Practice by unlicensed person. No person may engage in the cutting, styling or arranging of hair in any hairdressing shop, store or place without a license issued under the provisions of this chapter.

      (1957, P.A. 392; P.A. 01-195, S. 170, 181.)

      History: P.A. 01-195 substituted "no person may engage" for "no person who is not licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall engage", substituted "hairdressing shop" for "shop", and substituted "without a license issued under the provisions of this chapter" for "registered under the provisions of section 20-258", effective July 11, 2001.

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      Sec. 20-261. Licenses for manicuring. Section 20-261 is repealed.

      (1951, 1955, S. 2291d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 80; 1971, P.A. 37; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 82; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 16; P.A. 77-519, S. 3, 6; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)

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      Sec. 20-262. Schools for instruction. Approval. Change of location or ownership. (a) Schools for instruction in hairdressing and cosmetology may be established in this state. All applicants for a license as a registered hairdresser shall have graduated from a school of hairdressing approved by the board with the consent of the Commissioner of Public Health. All hairdressing schools may be inspected regarding their sanitary conditions by the Department of Public Health whenever the department deems it necessary and any authorized representative of the department shall have full power to enter and inspect the school during usual business hours. If any school, upon inspection, is found to be in an unsanitary condition, the commissioner or his designee shall make written order that such school be placed in a sanitary condition.

      (b) Schools for instruction in hairdressing and cosmetology shall obtain approval pursuant to this section prior to commencing operation. In the event that an approved school undergoes a change of ownership or location, such approval shall become void and the school shall apply for a new approval pursuant to this section. Applications for such approval shall be on forms prescribed by the commissioner. In the event that a school fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection, no credit toward the fifteen hundred hours of study required pursuant to section 20-252 shall be granted to any student for instruction received prior to the effective date of school approval.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4589; February, 1965, P.A. 56; P.A. 80-484, S. 120, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 60, 71; P.A. 82-472, S. 84, 183; P.A. 93-296, S. 6, 10; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

      History: 1965 act increased registration fee from twenty-five dollars and added Subdivs. (2) and (3); P.A. 80-484 deleted Subdiv. (2) requiring evidence that applicant is of good moral character, renumbering Subdiv. (3) accordingly and replaced December thirty-first expiration date with provision for expiration in accordance with Sec. 19-45; P.A. 81-471 replaced previous provisions re licensure of hairdressing schools with provisions requiring that applicants for licensure as registered hairdressers be graduates of approved schools and authorizing inspections of schools; P.A. 82-472 made a technical change to previous provisions which were superseded; P.A. 93-296 added new Subsec. (b) re approval of schools and change of ownership or location, effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.

      Cited. 165 C. 516, 518.

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      Sec. 20-263. Disciplinary action; grounds. The commissioner or a representative designated by the commissioner may investigate any alleged violation of the provisions of this chapter and, if there appears to be reasonable cause therefor, on reasonable notice to any person accused of any such violation, may refer the matter to the board for hearing; may make complaint to the prosecuting authority having jurisdiction of any such complaint or may examine into all acts of alleged abuse, fraud, or incompetence. The board may suspend the license of any registered hairdresser and cosmetician, and may revoke the hairdresser and cosmetician license of any person convicted of violating any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted under this chapter or take any of the actions set forth in section 19a-17 for any of the following reasons: (1) The employment of fraud or deception in obtaining a license; (2) abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; (3) engaging in fraud or material deception in the course of professional services or activities; (4) physical or mental illness, emotional disorder or loss of motor skill, including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process; or (5) illegal, incompetent or negligent conduct in the course of professional activities. The commissioner may order a license holder to submit to a reasonable physical or mental examination if the physical or mental capacity of the license holder to practice safely is the subject of an investigation. The commissioner may petition the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce such order or any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17. No license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be revoked or suspended under this section until the licensee has been given notice and opportunity for hearing as provided in the regulations adopted by the commissioner.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4595; February, 1965, P.A. 47, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 451, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 121, 174, 176; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-195, S. 171, 181.)

      History: 1965 act substituted "commissioner of health or his representative" for "department"; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, deleted requirement that representative be designated "in writing", replaced violations of "this section" with violations of "this chapter" or any regulation adopted hereunder and required notice and opportunity for hearing before revocation or suspension of license or shop registration, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 required commissioner to refer matter to board for hearing, removing provision whereby he could take testimony, deleted reference to complaints concerning immorality, allowed board to take disciplinary action rather than commissioner and included actions in Sec. 19-4s as disciplinary actions, extending power beyond license revocation or suspension, added grounds of fraud or deception, drug abuse, etc., physical or mental illness, etc., incompetent or negligent action, etc. and added provisions re physical and mental examinations and re petitions to court for enforcement of orders or actions; P.A. 88-230 replaced "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" with "judicial district of Hartford", effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001.

      Cited. 165 C. 516.

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      Sec. 20-264. Appeal. Section 20-264 is repealed.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4596; February, 1965, P.A. 47, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 65; P.A. 76-436, S. 431, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 77, 125; 77-614, S. 452, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 50, 127; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)

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      Sec. 20-265. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 20-252 to 20-263, inclusive, for the violation of which no other penalty is provided, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars and, upon a second conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than sixty days or both.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4597; P.A. 81-472, S. 135, 159.)

      History: P.A. 81-472 substituted reference to Sec. 20-263 for reference to Sec. 20-264, repealed by P.A. 80-484; (Revisor's note: In 1993 obsolete reference to repealed Sec. 20-251 was replaced editorially by the Revisors with reference to Sec. 20-252).

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      Sec. 20-266. Fair practices. Section 20-266 is repealed.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4598; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)

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      Secs. 20-266a to 20-266f. Nail technicians, generally. Sections 20-266a to 20-266f, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 2001.

      (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 54-59, 72; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 56, 58.)

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