§ 5-10-7. License required for practice.
No person shall practice barbering, hairdressing, and cosmetic therapy, esthetics, or manicuring in this state unless the person has first obtained a license for that particular practice; provided, that nothing in this chapter prohibits students enrolled in programs of hairdressing, barbering, and/or cosmetology from entering into work-study arrangements after they have completed the requisite hours of classroom instruction for that particular practice. Students participating in those work-study arrangements shall be under the direct supervision of a licensed hairdresser, barber, or cosmetologist, and shall be clearly identified as students. No course credit shall be granted for this students’ participation in a work-study arrangement and in no event shall it continue beyond the students’ graduation from school or completion of course work.
History of Section.P.L. 1926, ch. 765, § 2; P.L. 1936, ch. 2362, § 2; P.L. 1938, ch. 2585, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 263, §§ 2, 5; P.L. 1942, ch. 1229, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 5-10-7; P.L. 1974, ch. 246, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 289, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 432, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 20, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 489, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 491, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-10 - Barbers, Hairdressers, Cosmeticians, Manicurists and Estheticians
Section 5-10-1. - Definitions.
Section 5-10-4. - Board of barbering and hairdressing — Compensation of members.
Section 5-10-6. - Meetings of board — Time and notice of examinations.
Section 5-10-7. - License required for practice.
Section 5-10-8. - Issuance of licenses — Qualifications of applicants.
Section 5-10-9. - Classes of licenses.
Section 5-10-9.1. - License portability.
Section 5-10-10. - Application form — Fee — Expiration and renewal of licenses — Fees.
Section 5-10-11. - Persons licensed in other states.
Section 5-10-12. - [Repealed.]
Section 5-10-13. - [Repealed.]
Section 5-10-14. - [Repealed.]
Section 5-10-15. - Licensing of shops.
Section 5-10-16. - [Repealed.]
Section 5-10-17, 5-10-18. - [Repealed.]
Section 5-10-19. - Application forms.
Section 5-10-20. - Electrolysis not permitted by license.
Section 5-10-21. - Advertising.
Section 5-10-22. - [Repealed.]
Section 5-10-23. - Fixed place of business.
Section 5-10-24. - [Repealed.]
Section 5-10-25. - Inspection powers of the division — Denial of access.
Section 5-10-26. - Revocation or suspension of license, permit, or certificate.
Section 5-10-27. - Reinstatement after revocation or suspension.
Section 5-10-29. - Persons exempt from chapter.
Section 5-10-30. - Penalty for violations.
Section 5-10-31. - Prosecution of violations.
Section 5-10-32. - Enforcement of chapter.
Section 5-10-33. - Payment of fees.
Section 5-10-34. - [Repealed.]
Section 5-10-35. - Severability.