| Chapter 056 |
| 2025 -- H 5833 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/13/2025 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS AND ESTHETICIANS |
Introduced By: Representatives Shallcross Smith, Boylan, and Alzate |
| Date Introduced: February 28, 2025 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 5-10-23 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-10 entitled "Barbers, |
| Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 5-10-23. Fixed place of business. |
| (a) Except as provided in this section, manicuring, esthetics, barbering and/or hairdressing |
| and cosmetic therapy, as defined in this chapter, shall be practiced only in a shop licensed under § |
| 5-10-15. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the practice of barbering, |
| manicuring, and hairdressing and cosmetic therapy and esthetics in the same shop or place of |
| business. |
| (b) Nothing in this section shall restrict a hairdresser licensed pursuant to this chapter, |
| operating in a licensed nursing service agency, from providing services to an individual who is |
| homebound at their home. For purposes of this section, “homebound” is defined as any person who |
| is considered housebound for purpose of federal Medicare eligibility. |
| (c) Nothing in this section shall restrict any person licensed pursuant to this chapter from |
| providing services to an individual who is homebound, or has special needs or sensory-related |
| disorders or differences, at their home as verified by a licensed healthcare professional. |
| (d) Nothing in this section shall restrict or prohibit any person licensed pursuant to this |
| chapter from providing services to an individual residing in any Department of Housing and Urban |
| Development (H.U.D.) recognized housing for the elderly in the H.U.D. recognized housing in |
| which the individual resides. Those services shall be provided in a separate room inspected by the |
| department of health. Students enrolled in programs of hairdressing, barbering and/or cosmetology |
| are prohibited in H.U.D. recognized housing. |
| (e) Nothing in this section shall restrict or prohibit any person licensed pursuant to this |
| chapter from providing services to an individual outside a licensed shop as part of a special occasion |
| event, such as a wedding or prom, so long as those services are limited to hair styling and makeup, |
| and the health and sanitation standards expected of licensees in licensed shops are followed. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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