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CODE OF ALABAMA 1975
§ 34-7B-1 Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) Apprentice. Any person engaged in learning the practices defined in this chapter including,
but not limited to, assisting in the performance of any acts of barbering or cosmetology on the
general public under the constant and direct supervision of a person who has held a valid current
license issued by the board for at least five years, in a shop licensed by the board.
(2) Barbering. The occupation of shaving or trimming the beard, cutting or dressing the hair, giving
facial or scalp massages, giving facial or scalp treatment with oils or creams or other preparations
made for that purpose, either by hand or by means of mechanical appliances, singeing and
shampooing the hair, dyeing the hair, or permanently waving or straightening the hair of any living
or deceased person for compensation, as performed by a Class 2 barber.
(3) Board. The Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering.
(4) Class 1 Barber. A person who only does the following in his or her ordinary course of business:
Arranges, cleans, cuts, or singes the hair of any person or massages, cleans, stimulates,
exercises, or does similar work on the scalp, face, or neck of any person with the hands, or with
mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliance, or by the use of cosmetic preparations,
antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or creams. Any one or a combination of the following practices, when
done upon the human body above the seventh cervical vertebra for cosmetic purposes and not
for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments, and when done for payment, directly
or indirectly or without payment for the public generally: Shaving or trimming the beard or trimming
the hair.
(5) Class 2 Barber. Any person, other than a student or apprentice, who performs barbering on
the general public for compensation, and who shall satisfy the qualifications and licensure
requirements provided in this chapter for a Class 2 barber. For the purposes of this chapter, the
term barber, standing alone, shall be deemed a reference to a Class 2 barber.
(6) Cosmetologist. Any person, other than a student or apprentice, who performs cosmetology
on the general public for compensation, and who shall satisfy the qualifications and licensure
requirements provided in this chapter for a cosmetologist.
(7) Cosmetology. Any of the practices generally recognized as beauty culture, hairdressing, or
any other designation engaged in by any person who performs such on the general public for
compensation including, but not limited to, cleansing, singeing, cutting, arranging, dressing,
curling, braiding, waxing, bleaching, weaving, coloring the hair by hand or mechanical apparatus,
the use of creams, lotions, or cosmetic preparations, with or without massage, on the scalp, face,
arms, legs, feet, or hands, esthetic practices, nail technology, manicure, pedicure, or desairology.
(8) Esthetician. Any person, other than a student or apprentice, who performs esthetics on the
general public for compensation, and who shall satisfy the qualifications and licensure
requirements provided in this chapter for an esthetician.
(9) Esthetics. The practice of performing acts of skin care including, but not limited to, facials,
body waxing, makeup, and general esthetics procedures on the general public for compensation.
(10) Esthetics/Manicure. A combination of the practices of esthetics and manicure.
(11) Esthetician/Manicurist. Any person, other than a student or apprentice, who performs a
combination of the practices of esthetics and manicure on the general public for compensation,
and who shall satisfy the qualifications and licensure requirements provided in this chapter for an
esthetician/manicurist.