Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians
Section 20-250. - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Board” means the Connecticut Examining Board for Barbers, Hairdressers and Cosmeticians established under section 20-235a;
(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health;
(3) “Department” means the Department of Public Health;
(4) “Hairdressing and cosmetology” means the art of dressing, arranging, curling, waving, weaving, cutting, singeing, bleaching and coloring the hair and treating the scalp of any person, and massaging, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, exercising or beautifying with the use of the hands, appliances, cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, creams, powders, oils or clays and doing similar work on the face, neck and arms for compensation, removing hair from the face or neck using manual or mechanical means, excluding esthetics, as defined in section 20-265a or any of the actions listed in this subdivision performed on the nails of the hands or feet, provided nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit an unlicensed person from performing shampooing or braiding hair;
(5) “Registered hairdresser and cosmetician” means any person who (A) has successfully completed the ninth grade, and (B) holds a license to practice as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician; and
(6) “Student” means any person who is engaged in learning or acquiring a knowledge of hairdressing and cosmetology at a school approved in accordance with the provisions of this chapter who has successfully completed ninth grade or its equivalent. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to schools conducted by the State Board of Education.
(1949 Rev., S. 4586; February, 1965, P.A. 79; 363, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 822, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 46; P.A. 77-519, S. 1, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 323, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 111, 174, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 55, 71; P.A. 84-33, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 62; P.A. 01-195, S. 164, 181; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 12, 58; P.A. 04-221, S. 14; P.A. 05-272, S. 11; P.A. 19-117, S. 204; P.A. 21-121, S. 65.)
History: 1965 acts added 21-year age requirement and 3-year assistant's license alternative and raised minimum training and experience alternative from 3 years in Subdiv. (7) and added 16-year age and eighth-grade requirement in Subdiv. (8); 1969 act redefined “operator”, clarifying education level required of applicants before and after July 1, 1972, and redefined “registered hairdresser and cosmetician” to allow passing equivalency examination as alternative to tenth grade education; 1972 act changed minimum age requirement for hairdresser and cosmetician from 21 to 18, reflecting lowered age of majority; P.A. 77-519 deleted requirement that person be or intend to become a U.S. citizen in Subdivs. (1), (5), (6) and (7); P.A. 77-614 replaced secretary of the state board of education with commissioner of education and commissioner and department of health with commissioner and department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 deleted definitions of “assistant hairdresser and cosmetician” and “instructor” and defined “board” renumbering Subdivs. accordingly, deleted minimum age requirements for operators, hairdresser and cosmeticians and students, replaced references to females with references to “any person” in Subdiv. (4) and deleted references to holding of assistant hairdresser and cosmetician's license in Subdiv. (6), formerly Subdiv. (7); P.A. 81-471 amended section to clarify that term “manicuring” applies to fingernails, to delete reference to “operator”, to clarify that unlicensed persons may perform facials, eyebrow arching, shampooing and manicuring, to substitute approval of hairdressing schools for licensure and to increase the entry level educational requirements for hairdressing and cosmetology students from eighth grade to ninth grade; P.A. 84-33 amended Subsec. (4) to include pedicures in the definition of hairdressing and cosmetology; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 amended Subdiv. (4) by deleting “manicuring of the fingernails” and adding “braiding hair”; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 amended Subdiv. (4) by adding provision re unlicensed person performing manicuring of the fingernails, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 04-221 amended Subdiv. (4) to allow unlicensed person to treat toenails for cosmetic purposes only, effective June 8, 2004; P.A. 05-272 amended Subdiv. (5)(A) by removing provision re equivalency examination prepared by Commissioner of Education and conducted by Department of Public Health; P.A. 19-117 amended Subdiv. (4) by deleting “, and manicuring the fingernails of any person”, deleting “facials, eyebrow arching,” and deleting “, manicuring of the fingernails or, for cosmetic purposes only, trimming, filing and painting the healthy toenails, excluding cutting nail beds, corns and calluses or other medical treatment involving the foot or ankle,” and adding provisions re exclusion of esthetics and actions performed on nails of hands or feet, effective January 1, 2020; P.A. 21-121 amended Subdiv. (4) by adding “removing hair from the face or neck using manual or mechanical means,”, effective July 6, 2021.

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