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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption from the cosmetologist licensing law for |
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persons who provide certain services at a special event. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1602.003(b), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This chapter does not apply to a person who: |
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(1) provides a service in an emergency; |
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(2) is licensed in this state to practice medicine, |
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dentistry, podiatry, chiropractic, or nursing and is operating |
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within the scope of the person's license; |
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(3) is in the business of or receives compensation for |
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makeup applications only; |
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(4) acts as a barber under Chapter 1601, if the person |
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does not hold the person out as a cosmetologist; |
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(5) provides a cosmetic service as a volunteer or an |
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employee performing regular duties at a licensed nursing or |
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convalescent custodial or personal care home to a patient residing |
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in the home; |
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(6) owns, operates, or manages a licensed nursing or |
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convalescent custodial or personal care home that allows a person |
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with an operator license to perform cosmetic services for patients |
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residing in the home on an occasional but not daily basis; [or] |
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(7) provides an incidental cosmetic service, or owns, |
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operates, or manages the location where that service is provided, |
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if the primary purpose of the service is to enable or assist the |
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recipient of the service to participate as the subject of: |
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(A) a photographic sitting at a fashion |
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photography studio; |
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(B) a television appearance; or |
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(C) the filming of a motion picture; or |
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(8) provides an incidental cosmetic service, |
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including combing, curling, or pinning a person's hair, but not |
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including cutting, coloring, dyeing, or processing a person's hair, |
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at the location of a special event, including a wedding, if the |
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person does not represent that the person is a cosmetologist. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |