Section 5-601 – Practicing Without License
Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not practice, attempt to practice, or offer to practice cosmetology in the State unless licensed by the Board to practice cosmetology.
Section 5-602 – Operating Beauty Salon Without Permit
A person may not operate a beauty salon in the State unless the person holds a beauty salon permit issued by the Board.
Section 5-603 – Failure to Register
A person may not serve as an apprentice unless registered by the Board as an apprentice.
Section 5-604 – Misrepresentation
(a) (1) Unless authorized under this title to practice cosmetology, a person may not represent to the public, by use of a title, including “licensed cosmetologist”, by description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise, that the person is authorized to practice cosmetology in the State. (2) If an individual is authorized under this title to engage in […]
Section 5-605 – Practice Allowed Only in Specified Places
(a) Except as provided in §§ 5–302 and 5–303 of this title and subsection (b) of this section, a person may not practice cosmetology, provide esthetic services, provide hair services, provide hair services – blow drying, or provide nail technician services in any place other than: (1) a beauty salon that holds a beauty salon permit; or […]
Section 5-606 – Use of Beauty Salon for Residential Purposes
An owner or lessee of a beauty salon may not allow any individual to: (1) use as a residence any room that is used wholly or partly as a beauty salon; or (2) sleep in any room that is used wholly or partly as a beauty salon.
Section 5-607 – Infectious or Contagious Diseases
(a) An owner or lessee of a beauty salon may not knowingly: (1) employ in the beauty salon an individual with an infectious or contagious disease that presents a hazard to a patron; or (2) after discovering an individual has an infectious or contagious disease that presents a hazard to a patron, continue to employ the individual in […]
Section 5-608 – Student Practice
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a school of cosmetology approved by the State Department of Education or the Maryland Higher Education Commission may not allow a student to practice cosmetology on the public. (b) A school of cosmetology approved by the State Department of Education or the Maryland Higher Education Commission may […]
Section 5-608.1 – Methyl Methacrylate Liquid Monomer
(a) A person may not use or possess methyl methacrylate liquid monomer (MMA) in a beauty salon in this State. (b) To determine whether a person is in violation of subsection (a) of this section, an inspector may chemically test products or take samples of products at random or when the inspector suspects that a product is […]
Section 5-608.2 – Lasers
The Board may prohibit or restrict the use or possession of lasers in beauty salons.
Section 5-609 – Penalties
(a) A person who violates any provision of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or both. (b) (1) Except as otherwise provided by this title, the Board may impose on a person who violates any provision of this title a […]
Section 5-610 – Citations
(a) Following an inspection of a beauty salon, if a Board inspector determines that a licensee or permit holder has violated this title or a regulation adopted by the Board, the inspector may issue a citation to the licensee or permit holder. (b) A citation issued by a Board inspector shall be in writing and shall state: […]