HOUSE BILL No. 6346

 

July 21, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Walsh and Denby and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled

 

"Occupational code,"

 

by amending section 1201 (MCL 339.1201), as amended by 1997 PA 97.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1201. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "Apprentice" means an individual engaged in learning

 

cosmetology in a cosmetology establishment.

 

     (b) "Braiding" means providing or offering to the general

 

public for compensation any of the following services solely for

 

development or improvement of physical qualities of the natural

 

hair structure:


 

     (i) Intertwining in a systematic motion to create patterns in a

 

3-dimensional form.

 

     (ii) Inversion or outversion flat against the scalp along the

 

part of a straight or curved row.

 

     (iii) Twisting in a systematic motion.

 

     (iv) Extension with natural or synthetic fibers.

 

     (c) "Cosmetologist" means an individual who renders or offers

 

to render cosmetology services.

 

     (d) "Cosmetology" means 1 of the following services or a

 

combination of the following services:

 

     (i) Hair care services.

 

     (ii) Skin care services.

 

     (iii) Manicuring services.

 

     (iv) Electrology.

 

     (e) "Cosmetology establishment" means the premises on which

 

cosmetology or 1 or more of its services are rendered or are

 

offered to be rendered. Cosmetology establishment does not include

 

a school of cosmetology.

 

     (f) "Electrologist" means an individual who renders or offers

 

to render electrology.

 

     (g) "Electrology" means the permanent removal of hair from the

 

body of an individual by the use of electricity.

 

     (h) "Esthetician" means an individual who renders or offers to

 

render skin care services.

 

     (i) "Hair care services" means arranging, cutting, dressing,

 

curling, waving, cleansing, singeing, bleaching, coloring, tinting,

 

trimming, styling, relaxing, perming, straightening, or similar


 

work upon the hair of the head or a wig that an individual is

 

wearing.

 

     (j) "Instructor" means an individual who teaches or offers to

 

teach 1 or more cosmetology services in a school of cosmetology.

 

     (k) "Make-up artistry" means the application of cosmetics or

 

make-up designed for film production, television broadcast, stage

 

production, fashion photography, or other entertainment-related

 

industries.

 

     (l) (k) "Manicuring services" means the cleansing, filing,

 

shaping, buffing, polishing, or beautifying of the nails of the

 

hands or feet, and the cleansing, massaging, stimulating,

 

exercising, or beautifying of the skin of the hands, arms, and

 

feet, manually or with the use of tools, appliances, or cosmetic

 

preparations, including the repair of nails, or the creation or

 

decoration of artificial nails. Manicuring services do not include

 

the practice of podiatric medicine and surgery as defined in

 

section 18001 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.18001.

 

     (m) (l) "Manicurist" means an individual who renders or offers

 

to render manicuring services.

 

     (n) (m) "Natural hair cultivation" means techniques that

 

result in tension on hair strands such as twisting, wrapping,

 

weaving, extending, locking, or braiding of the hair by hand, which

 

work does not include the application of dyes, reactive chemicals,

 

or other preparations to alter the color or to straighten, curl, or

 

alter the structure of the hair.

 

     (o) (n) "Natural hair culturist" means a person engaged in


 

natural hair cultivation but does not include a person engaged in

 

natural hair cultivation if that activity is performed as part of

 

the practice of a recognized religion.

 

     (p) (o) "Owner" means a person who owns and conducts a

 

cosmetology establishment or a school of cosmetology.

 

     (q) (p) "School of cosmetology" means the premises where

 

cosmetology or 1 or more of its cosmetology services are taught.

 

School of cosmetology does not include a school that teaches, or

 

offers to teach, make-up artistry.

 

     (r) (q) "Skin care services" includes the following services

 

or combination of services:

 

     (i) Beautifying the skin of the body of an individual by the

 

use of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or

 

creams, including body wrapping.

 

     (ii) Cleansing or stimulating the skin of the body by the use

 

of the hands, devices, apparatus, or appliances, with or without

 

the use of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or

 

creams.

 

     (iii) The temporary removal of hair from the body of an

 

individual by the use of depilatories, waxes, razors, scissors,

 

clippers, or tweezers.

 

     (iv) Giving facials, applying removable makeup, applying

 

eyelashes, or any other application of a preparation or beauty

 

enhancement to the body of an individual but does not include

 

applying permanent makeup or the use of tanning equipment.

 

     (s) (r) "Student" means an individual engaged in learning

 

cosmetology or 1 or more of its services in a school of


 

cosmetology.