Tex. Occ. Code § 1603.2101 · Subchapter E-1. INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER LICENSES; STUDENT PERMIT; PRACTICE
INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER LICENSE OR STUDENT PERMIT REQUIRED; USE OF CERTAIN TERMS WITHOUT LICENSE PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may not perform or offer or attempt to perform any act of barbering or cosmetology unless the person holds a license or permit issued under this subchapter to perform that act.
(b) Unless the person holds an appropriate license issued under this subchapter, a person may not directly or indirectly use or cause to be used as a professional or business identification, title, name, representation, asset, or means of advantage or benefit:
(1) the term "barber" or "barbering";
(2) the term "cosmetologist" or "cosmetology"; or
(3) any combination, variation, or abbreviation of the terms listed in Subdivisions (1) and (2).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 3.20, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1603.htm
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