SENATE BILL No. 751

 

 

January 18, 2018, Introduced by Senator KNOLLENBERG and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled

 

"Occupational code,"

 

by amending section 1203a (MCL 339.1203a), as added by 1997 PA 97.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1203a. (1) An Subject to subsection (5), an individual

 

shall not render perform any form of cosmetology services, with or

 

without compensation, on any individual other than a member of his

 

or her immediate family without a license under this article.

 

However, this article does not apply to an individual, person, or

 

premises that is licensed under article 11 while rendering

 

performing the services of a barber.

 

     (2) An individual who is licensed as a cosmetologist under

 

this article may render perform hair care services, skin care

 

services, natural hair cultivation, and manicuring services as part

 

of the practice of cosmetology, but shall not render perform

 

electrology without being unless he or she is licensed as an

 

electrologist.

 

     (3) The department may license an individual to render perform

 

manicuring services, natural hair cultivation, or skin care

 

services in accordance with his or her training. An individual who

 

is licensed as a manicurist, natural hair culturist, or esthetician

 

shall only render perform that particular service and shall not

 

render perform any other cosmetology service without being unless

 

he or she is licensed for that service. An individual who is

 

licensed as a manicurist, natural hair culturist, or esthetician

 

shall not render perform electrology without being unless he or she

 

is licensed as an electrologist.

 

     (4) An individual who is licensed as an electrologist shall

 

render only perform electrology services and shall not render

 

perform any other cosmetology service without separately being

 

unless he or she is separately licensed to render perform those

 

services.

 

     (5) The prohibition described in subsection (1) does not apply

 

to a cosmetology student who is performing shampoo services on

 

members of the public in a cosmetology establishment if all of the

 

following are met:

 

     (a) The student is currently registered as a senior

 

cosmetology student at a school of cosmetology.

 

     (b) The student has completed the 350 hours of instruction

that is required under section 1205(5)(c) and has met the academic

 

requirements regarding those courses in client safety, sanitation,

 

bacteriology, hair and scalp disorders, scalp manipulations, and

 

proper shampooing procedure.

 

     (c) The cosmetology establishment that is employing the

 

student to perform shampoo services applies to the school of

 

cosmetology the student is attending, on an application form

 

provided by the department, for verification that the student is

 

currently registered as a senior cosmetology student and has

 

completed the 350 hours of instruction required under section

 

1205(5)(c).

 

     (d) If the student is currently registered as a senior

 

cosmetology student and has completed the 350 hours of instruction

 

required under section 1205(5)(c), the school of cosmetology shall

 

determine if the student meets the requirements of subdivision (c)

 

and, if so, shall provide verification by returning a signed copy

 

of the application to the cosmetology establishment.

 

     (6) An exception to subsection (1) for a student authorized to

 

perform shampoo services under subsection (5) expires 30 days after

 

the date the student is scheduled to graduate from the school of

 

cosmetology.

 

     (7) A cosmetology establishment that employs a student to

 

perform shampoo services under subsection (5) shall do all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Maintain records of the student's employment and keep the

 

records on file for at least 3 years after the end of the

 

employment relationship.

     (b) Allow the department access to the records described in

 

subdivision (a).

 

     (c) Post the student's approved application with the

 

cosmetology licenses in the establishment.

 

     (d) Not allow the student to perform cosmetology services

 

other than shampoo services while employed by the establishment.

 

     (8) As used in this section, "shampoo services" means

 

preparing a customer for a shampoo, or shampooing or blow-drying a

 

customer, for a licensed cosmetologist.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.