Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

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

Part 3. Licensing

License Required To Practice, Teach, Or Operate Salon, Shop, Booth, Or School

37-31-302. License required to practice, teach, or operate salon, shop, booth, or school. (1) A person may practice barbering, barbering nonchemical, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring with a license as provided for in 37-31-304.

(2) A person may teach barbering, barbering nonchemical, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring with a license as provided for in 37-31-311.

(3) A place may be used to teach barbering, barbering nonchemical, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring for compensation with a license as provided for in 37-31-311.

(4) A person may operate or manage a salon or shop with a license or a temporary operating permit as provided in 37-31-312.

(5) A person may not manage or operate a booth without a booth rental license.

(6) A person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity desiring to operate a salon, shop, or booth shall apply to the department for a license. The application must be accompanied by the license fee.

(7) A license may be issued when the inspection fees required in 37-31-312 have been paid.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 104, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 3228.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 222, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 80, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 211, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 20, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 244, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 85, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 63, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-801; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 106, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 602, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 88, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 473, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 305, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 38, Ch. 492, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 243, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 194, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 83, Ch. 467, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 15, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 544, L. 2021.