Georgia Code
Chapter 10 - Barbers and Cosmetologists
§ 43-10-1. Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term:
Such individual shall be considered as practicing the occupation of a cosmetologist within the meaning of this Code section; provided, however, that such term shall not mean an individual who only braids the hair by hairweaving; interlocking; twisting; plaiting; wrapping by hand, chemical, or mechanical devices; or using any natural or synthetic fiber for extensions to the hair, and no such individual shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. Such term shall not apply to an individual whose activities are limited to the application of cosmetics which are marketed to individuals and are readily commercially available to consumers.
Such practices of esthetics shall not include the diagnosis, treatment, or therapy of any dermatological condition or medical aesthetics or the use of lasers. Such term shall not apply to an individual whose activities are limited to the application of cosmetics during the production of film, television, or musical entertainment or to the application of cosmetics in a retail environment in which cosmetics are marketed to individuals and are readily commercially available to consumers.
(9.1) “License” means a certificate of registration or other document issued by the board or by the division director on behalf of the board pursuant to the provisions of this chapter permitting an individual to practice in an occupation or operate a school.
History. Ga. L. 1963, p. 45, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1966, p. 195, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1219, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1057, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 843, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1239, § 4; Ga. L. 2000, p. 814, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 1077, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 904, § 1/SB 145; Ga. L. 2008, p. 335, § 7/SB 435; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1287, § 2/HB 314; Ga. L. 2018, p. 996, § 3/SB 461.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, rewrote this Code section.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, inserted “, relaxing,” in paragraph (3) and in subparagraph (10)(E); substituted “individuals” for “persons” in the middle of paragraph (5); in subparagraph (7)(B), substituted “massages” for “massage” near the beginning, substituted “cream or” for “creams and” in the middle, inserted “by means of” near the end, and substituted “appliances” for “appliance” at the end; inserted “, relaxing, or straightening” near the end of subparagraph (7)(C); substituted the present provisions of subparagraph (7)(D) for the former provisions, which read: “Performs nail care, pedicure, or manicuring services as defined in paragraph (9) of this Code section; or”; substituted “paragraph (8)” for “paragraph (5)” in subparagraph (7)(E); substituted “an individual” for “a person” in subparagraph (8)(A); substituted “torso, or legs of an individual” for “shoulders, back, chest, or legs of a person” in the middle of subparagraph (8)(D); in the ending undesignated paragraph of paragraph (8), inserted “or medical aesthetics” near the end of the first sentence, in the second sentence, substituted “cosmetics during the production of film, television, or musical entertainment or to the application of cosmetics in a retail environment in which cosmetics are marketed” for “cosmetics which are marketed”; substituted “permanent relaxer or straightener to the hair,” for “permanent or relaxer to hair,” in subparagraph (9)(B); added paragraph (9.1); substituted a colon for the semicolon at the end of paragraph (10); in paragraph (12), substituted “pedicures or who” for “pedicures, or” near the middle, substituted “individual” for “person” at the end; deleted “any” preceding “other legal entity” in paragraph (13); substituted “‘schools of barbering’” for “‘barbering schools’” in the middle of the second sentence of paragraph (14); substituted “‘schools of hair design’” for “schools of hair design” in the middle of the second sentence of paragraph (17); and, in the first sentence of paragraph (18), substituted “individual” for “person” and inserted “a” near the end.
Editor’s notes.
For application of this statute in 2020 and 2021, see Executive Orders 04.20.20.01, 04.23.20.02, 05.12.20.02, 05.28.20.02, 06.11.20.01, 06.29.20.02, 07.15.20.01, 07.31.20.02, 08.15.20.01, 08.31.20.02, 09.15.20.01, 09.30.20.02, 10.15.20.01, 10.30.20.02, 11.30.20.01, 11.30.20.02, 12.08.20.01, 12.30.20.02, 01.15.21.01, 01.29.21.02, 02.15.21.01, 02.26.21.02, and 03.12.21.01.
A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2020 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders/2020-executive-orders.
Law reviews.
For annual survey of administrative law, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2015).

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