Montana Code Annotated 1997

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     37-31-301. Prohibited acts. (1) Without an appropriate license issued under this chapter, it is unlawful to:
     (a) practice cosmetology for compensation;
     (b) own, manage, operate, or conduct a school of cosmetology, manicuring, or esthetics;
     (c) manage or operate a cosmetology salon, manicuring salon, esthetics salon, or booth;
     (d) teach in a school of cosmetology, manicuring, or esthetics;
     (e) practice manicuring for compensation;
     (f) practice as a finger waver; or
     (g) practice esthetics for compensation.
     (2) It is unlawful:
     (a) for a person who owns, manages, or controls a cosmetology salon to employ or use an unlicensed person as a cosmetologist, a manicurist, or an esthetician;
     (b) to operate a cosmetology school without complying with all of the regulations of 37-31-311;
     (c) to practice cosmetology in any place other than in a licensed salon as provided in this chapter, except when a licensed operator is requested:
     (i) by a customer to go to a place other than a licensed salon and is sent to the customer from a licensed salon; or
     (ii) by a customer with a disability or homebound customer to go to the customer's place of residence;
     (d) for a person who owns, manages, or controls a manicuring salon to employ or use an unlicensed person as a manicurist;
     (e) for a person who owns, manages, or controls an esthetics salon to employ or use an unlicensed person as an esthetician;
     (f) to operate a manicuring school or a school of esthetics without complying with 37-31-311;
     (g) to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.

     History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 104, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 13, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 3228.17, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 222, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 140, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 66-817(A), (B); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 602, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 88, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 23, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 473, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 305, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 472, L. 1997.

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