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Alaska Statutes.

Title 8. Business and Professions

Chapter 13. Barbers and Hairdressers

Section 220. Definitions.

AS 08.13.220. Definitions.

In this chapter,

(1) "apprentice" means a person who receives on-the-job training under direct supervision;

(2) "barbering" means shaving, trimming, or cutting, styling, curling, permanent waving, bleaching, coloring, cleansing, or chemically straightening the beard or hair of a living person for a fee and for cosmetic purposes;

(3) "board" means the Board of Barbers and Hairdressers;

(4) "body piercing" means puncturing the body of a person by aid of needles or other instruments designed to be used to puncture the body for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other objects in or through the human body, except that, for purposes of this chapter, "body piercing" does not include puncturing the external part of the human ear;

(5) "esthetics" means the use of the hands, appliances, cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, or lotions in massaging, cleansing, stimulating, or similar work on the scalp, face or neck, including skin care, make-up, and temporary removal of superfluous hair, for cosmetic purposes for a fee;

(6) "hairdressing" means performing, for a fee, the following services for cosmetic purposes:

(A) trimming or cutting the beard of a living person; and

(B) arranging, styling, dressing, curling, temporary waving, permanent waving, cutting, singeing, bleaching, coloring, cleansing, conditioning, or similar work on the hair of a living person;

(7) "instructor" means a person who teaches barbering, hairdressing, manicuring, or esthetics in a school or who supervises an apprentice in barbering, hairdressing, or esthetics;

(8) "limited esthetics" means to perform for a fee for cosmetic purposes

(A) temporary removal of superfluous hair on the face or neck, including eyebrow arching by use of wax; or

(B) application of makeup or false eyelashes;

(9) "limited esthetics" means to perform for a fee for cosmetic purposes

(A) temporary removal of superfluous hair on the face or neck, including eyebrow arching by use of wax; or

(B) application of makeup or false eyelashes;

(10) "manicuring"

(A) means, for a fee, to

(i) cut, trim, polish, color, tint, or cleanse a natural or artificial nail;

(ii) affix material by artificial means to a natural nail for the addition to or extension of the natural nail;

(iii) cleanse, treat, or beautify the hands or feet for cosmetic purposes; or

(iv) otherwise treat the nails of the hand or foot except as provided in (B) of this paragraph;

(B) notwithstanding (A) of this paragraph, does not include

(i) massage treatment; or

(ii) cleansing, treating, or beautifying the hands or feet solely for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments.

(11) "practitioner" means a person licensed to practice barbering, hairdressing, manicuring, esthetics, tattooing and permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing under this chapter;

(12) "shampoo person" means a person who, for a fee and under the supervision of a practitioner of barbering or hairdressing, cleanses or conditions the hair of the human head with products that have no effect other than cleaning or conditioning the hair;

(13) "shop" is an establishment operated for the purpose of engaging in barbering, hairdressing, manicuring, esthetics, tattooing and permanent cosmetic coloring, or body piercing;

(14) "tattooing and permanent cosmetic coloring" means the process by which the skin is marked or colored by insertion of nontoxic dyes or pigments into the dermal layer of the skin so as to form indelible marks, figures, or decorative designs for nonmedical purposes.

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Last modified 9/3/2005