Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 31. BARBERING, COSMETOLOGY, ELECTROLOGY, ESTHETICS, AND MANICURING

Part 1. General

Exemptions

37-31-102. Exemptions. The provisions of this chapter do not prohibit:

(1) service in case of emergency or domestic administration without compensation;

(2) services by persons authorized under the laws of this state to practice dentistry, the healing arts, or mortuary science;

(3) barbering, cosmetology, or esthetics services, including the application of masks, makeup, or other theatrical devices, in the course of or incidental to a theatrical or other visual arts production, including television or motion pictures, by persons employed or under contract to provide these services;

(4) barbering services performed at a correctional facility listed in 53-30-101 that is operated by or under contract with the department of corrections or a detention center as defined in 7-32-2241; or

(5) services by an individual who engages only in natural hair braiding.

History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 104, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 3228.18, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 101, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 66-818; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 243, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 244, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 192, L. 2023; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 338, L. 2023.