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To amend sections 4713.01, 4713.08, and 4713.64 and | 1 |
to enact sections 4713.50 and 4713.51 of the | 2 |
Revised Code regarding the use and regulation of | 3 |
tanning facilities. | 4 |
Section 1. That sections 4713.01, 4713.08, and 4713.64 be | 5 |
amended and sections 4713.50 and 4713.51 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
Sec. 4713.01. As used in this chapter: | 8 |
"Apprentice instructor" means a person holding a practicing | 9 |
license issued by the state board of cosmetology who is engaged in | 10 |
learning or acquiring knowledge of the occupation of an instructor | 11 |
of a branch of cosmetology at a school of cosmetology. | 12 |
"Beauty salon" means any premises, building, or part of a | 13 |
building in which a person is authorized to engage in all branches | 14 |
of cosmetology. "Beauty salon" does not include a barber shop | 15 |
licensed under Chapter 4709. of the Revised Code in which a person | 16 |
engages in the practice of manicuring. | 17 |
"Biennial licensing period" means the two-year period | 18 |
beginning on the first day of February of an odd-numbered year and | 19 |
ending on the last day of January of the next odd-numbered year. | 20 |
"Braiding" means intertwining the hair in a systematic motion | 21 |
to create patterns in a three-dimensional form, inverting the hair | 22 |
against the scalp along part of a straight or curved row of | 23 |
intertwined hair, or twisting the hair in a systematic motion, and | 24 |
includes extending the hair with natural or synthetic hair fibers. | 25 |
"Branch of cosmetology" means the practice of cosmetology, | 26 |
practice of esthetics, practice of hair design, practice of | 27 |
manicuring, or practice of natural hair styling. | 28 |
"Cosmetic therapy" has the same meaning as in section 4731.15 | 29 |
of the Revised Code. | 30 |
"Cosmetologist" means a person authorized to engage in all | 31 |
branches of cosmetology. | 32 |
"Cosmetology instructor" means a person authorized to teach | 33 |
the theory and practice of all branches of cosmetology at a school | 34 |
of cosmetology. | 35 |
"Esthetician" means a person who engages in the practice of | 36 |
esthetics but no other branch of cosmetology. | 37 |
"Esthetics instructor" means a person who teaches the theory | 38 |
and practice of esthetics, but no other branch of cosmetology, at | 39 |
a school of cosmetology. | 40 |
"Esthetics salon" means any premises, building, or part of a | 41 |
building in which a person engages in the practice of esthetics | 42 |
but no other branch of cosmetology. | 43 |
"Hair designer" means a person who engages in the practice of | 44 |
hair design but no other branch of cosmetology. | 45 |
"Hair design instructor" means a person who teaches the | 46 |
theory and practice of hair design, but no other branch of | 47 |
cosmetology, at a school of cosmetology. | 48 |
"Hair design salon" means any premises, building, or part of | 49 |
a building in which a person engages in the practice of hair | 50 |
design but no other branch of cosmetology. | 51 |
"Independent contractor license" means a license to practice | 52 |
a branch of cosmetology at a salon in which the license holder | 53 |
rents booth space. | 54 |
"Instructor license" means a license to teach the theory and | 55 |
practice of a branch of cosmetology at a school of cosmetology. | 56 |
"Managing cosmetologist" means a person authorized to manage | 57 |
a beauty salon and engage in all branches of cosmetology. | 58 |
"Managing esthetician" means a person authorized to manage an | 59 |
esthetics salon, but no other type of salon, and engage in the | 60 |
practice of esthetics, but no other branch of cosmetology. | 61 |
"Managing hair designer" means a person authorized to manage | 62 |
a hair design salon, but no other type of salon, and engage in the | 63 |
practice of hair design, but no other branch of cosmetology. | 64 |
"Managing license" means a license to manage a salon and | 65 |
practice the branch of cosmetology practiced at the salon. | 66 |
"Managing manicurist" means a person authorized to manage a | 67 |
nail salon, but no other type of salon, and engage in the practice | 68 |
of manicuring, but no other branch of cosmetology. | 69 |
"Managing natural hair stylist" means a person authorized to | 70 |
manage a natural hair style salon, but no other type of salon, and | 71 |
engage in the practice of natural hair styling, but no other | 72 |
branch of cosmetology. | 73 |
"Manicurist" means a person who engages in the practice of | 74 |
manicuring but no other branch of cosmetology. | 75 |
"Manicurist instructor" means a person who teaches the theory | 76 |
and practice of manicuring, but no other branch of cosmetology, at | 77 |
a school of cosmetology. | 78 |
"Nail salon" means any premises, building, or part of a | 79 |
building in which a person engages in the practice of manicuring | 80 |
but no other branch of cosmetology. "Nail salon" does not include | 81 |
a barber shop licensed under Chapter 4709. of the Revised Code in | 82 |
which a person engages in the practice of manicuring. | 83 |
"Natural hair stylist" means a person who engages in the | 84 |
practice of natural hair styling but no other branch of | 85 |
cosmetology. | 86 |
"Natural hair style instructor" means a person who teaches | 87 |
the theory and practice of natural hair styling, but no other | 88 |
branch of cosmetology, at a school of cosmetology. | 89 |
"Natural hair style salon" means any premises, building, or | 90 |
part of a building in which a person engages in the practice of | 91 |
natural hair styling but no other branch of cosmetology. | 92 |
"Practice of cosmetology" means the practice of all branches | 93 |
of cosmetology. | 94 |
"Practice of esthetics" means the application of cosmetics, | 95 |
tonics, antiseptics, creams, lotions, or other preparations for | 96 |
the purpose of skin beautification and includes preparation of the | 97 |
skin by manual massage techniques or by use of electrical, | 98 |
mechanical, or other apparatus. | 99 |
"Practice of hair design" means embellishing or beautifying | 100 |
hair, wigs, or hairpieces by arranging, dressing, pressing, | 101 |
curling, waving, permanent waving, cleansing, cutting, singeing, | 102 |
bleaching, coloring, braiding, weaving, or similar work. "Practice | 103 |
of hair design" includes utilizing techniques performed by hand | 104 |
that result in tension on hair roots such as twisting, wrapping, | 105 |
weaving, extending, locking, or braiding of the hair. | 106 |
"Practice of manicuring" means manicuring the nails of any | 107 |
person, applying artificial or sculptured nails to any person, | 108 |
massaging the hands and lower arms up to the elbow of any person, | 109 |
massaging the feet and lower legs up to the knee of any person, or | 110 |
any combination of these four types of services. | 111 |
"Practice of natural hair styling" means utilizing techniques | 112 |
performed by hand that result in tension on hair roots such as | 113 |
twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, or braiding of | 114 |
the hair. "Practice of natural hair styling" does not include the | 115 |
application of dyes, reactive chemicals, or other preparations to | 116 |
alter the color or to straighten, curl, or alter the structure of | 117 |
the hair. "Practice of natural hair styling" also does not include | 118 |
embellishing or beautifying hair by cutting or singeing, except as | 119 |
needed to finish off the end of a braid, or by dressing, pressing, | 120 |
curling, waving, permanent waving, or similar work. | 121 |
"Practicing license" means a license to practice a branch of | 122 |
cosmetology. | 123 |
"Salon" means a beauty salon, esthetics salon, hair design | 124 |
salon, nail salon, or natural hair style salon. | 125 |
"School of cosmetology" means any premises, building, or part | 126 |
of a building in which students are instructed in the theories and | 127 |
practices of one or more branches of cosmetology. | 128 |
"Student" means a person, other than an apprentice | 129 |
instructor, who is engaged in learning or acquiring knowledge of | 130 |
the practice of a branch of cosmetology at a school of | 131 |
cosmetology. | 132 |
"Tanning facility" means | 133 |
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contains one or more rooms or booths with any of the following: | 135 |
(A) Equipment or beds used for tanning human skin by the use | 136 |
of fluorescent sun lamps using ultraviolet or other artificial | 137 |
radiation; | 138 |
(B) Equipment that applies chemicals to human skin to create | 139 |
the appearance of being suntanned, including chemical applications | 140 |
commonly referred to as spray-on, mist-on, or sunless tans; | 141 |
(C) Equipment or beds that use visible light for cosmetic | 142 |
purposes. | 143 |
Sec. 4713.08. (A) The state board of cosmetology shall adopt | 144 |
rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as | 145 |
necessary to implement this chapter. The rules shall do all of the | 146 |
following: | 147 |
(1) Govern the practice of the branches of cosmetology and | 148 |
management of salons; | 149 |
(2) Specify conditions a person must satisfy to qualify for a | 150 |
temporary pre-examination work permit under section 4713.22 of the | 151 |
Revised Code and the conditions and method of renewing a temporary | 152 |
pre-examination work permit under that section; | 153 |
(3) Provide for the conduct of examinations under section | 154 |
4713.24 of the Revised Code; | 155 |
(4) Specify conditions under which the board will take into | 156 |
account, under section 4713.32 of the Revised Code, instruction an | 157 |
applicant for a license under section 4713.28, 4713.30, or 4713.31 | 158 |
of the Revised Code received more than five years before the date | 159 |
of application for the license; | 160 |
(5) Provide for the granting of waivers under section 4713.29 | 161 |
of the Revised Code; | 162 |
(6) Specify conditions an applicant must satisfy for the | 163 |
board to issue the applicant a license under section 4713.34 of | 164 |
the Revised Code without the applicant taking an examination | 165 |
conducted under section 4713.24 of the Revised Code; | 166 |
(7) Specify locations in which glamour photography services | 167 |
in which a branch of cosmetology is practiced may be provided; | 168 |
(8) Establish conditions and the fee for a temporary special | 169 |
occasion work permit under section 4713.37 of the Revised Code and | 170 |
specify the amount of time such a permit is valid; | 171 |
(9) Specify conditions an applicant must satisfy for the | 172 |
board to issue the applicant an independent contractor license | 173 |
under section 4713.39 of the Revised Code and the fee for issuance | 174 |
and renewal of the license; | 175 |
(10) Establish conditions under which food may be sold at a | 176 |
salon; | 177 |
(11) Specify which professions regulated by a professional | 178 |
regulatory board of this state may be practiced in a salon under | 179 |
section 4713.42 of the Revised Code; | 180 |
(12) Establish standards for the provision of cosmetic | 181 |
therapy, massage therapy, or other professional service in a salon | 182 |
pursuant to section 4713.42 of the Revised Code; | 183 |
(13) Establish standards for board approval of, and the | 184 |
granting of credits for, training in branches of cosmetology at | 185 |
schools of cosmetology licensed in this state; | 186 |
(14) Establish the manner in which a school of cosmetology | 187 |
licensed under section 4713.44 of the Revised Code may offer | 188 |
post-secondary and advanced practice programs; | 189 |
(15) Establish sanitary standards for the practice of the | 190 |
branches of cosmetology, salons, and schools of cosmetology; | 191 |
(16) Establish the application process for obtaining a | 192 |
tanning facility permit under section 4713.48 of the Revised Code, | 193 |
including the amount of the fee for an initial or renewed permit; | 194 |
(17) Establish standards for installing and operating a | 195 |
tanning facility in a manner that ensures the health and safety of | 196 |
consumers, including standards that do all of the following: | 197 |
(a) Establish a maximum safe time of exposure to radiation | 198 |
and a maximum safe temperature at which sun lamps may be operated; | 199 |
(b) Require consumers to wear protective eyeglasses | 200 |
(c) Require consumers to be supervised as to the length of | 201 |
time consumers use the | 202 |
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standing too close to sun lamps and to post signs warning | 204 |
consumers of the potential effects of radiation on persons taking | 205 |
certain medications and of the possible relationship of the | 206 |
radiation to skin cancer; | 207 |
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sun lamps and handrails for consumers; | 209 |
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procedures an operator must follow in making reasonable efforts in | 214 |
compliance with section 4713.50 of the Revised Code to determine | 215 |
the age of an individual seeking to use sun lamp tanning services. | 216 |
(18)(a) If the board, under section 4713.61 of the Revised | 217 |
Code, develops a procedure for classifying licenses inactive, do | 218 |
both of the following: | 219 |
(i) Establish a fee for having a license classified inactive | 220 |
that reflects the cost to the board of providing the inactive | 221 |
license service; | 222 |
(ii) Specify the continuing education that a person whose | 223 |
license has been classified inactive must complete to have the | 224 |
license restored. The continuing education shall be sufficient to | 225 |
ensure the minimum competency in the use or administration of a | 226 |
new procedure or product required by a licensee necessary to | 227 |
protect public health and safety. The requirement shall not exceed | 228 |
the cumulative number of hours of continuing education that the | 229 |
person would have been required to complete had the person | 230 |
retained an active license. | 231 |
(b) In addition, the board may specify the conditions and | 232 |
method for granting a temporary work permit to practice a branch | 233 |
of cosmetology to a person whose license has been classified | 234 |
inactive. | 235 |
(19) Establish a fee for approval of a continuing education | 236 |
program under section 4713.62 of the Revised Code that is adequate | 237 |
to cover any expense the board incurs in the approval process; | 238 |
(20) Anything else necessary to implement this chapter. | 239 |
(B)(1) The rules adopted under division (A)(2) of this | 240 |
section may establish additional conditions for a temporary | 241 |
pre-examination work permit under section 4713.22 of the Revised | 242 |
Code that are applicable to persons who practice a branch of | 243 |
cosmetology in another state or country. | 244 |
(2) The rules adopted under division (A)(18)(b) of this | 245 |
section may establish additional conditions for a temporary work | 246 |
permit that are applicable to persons who practice a branch of | 247 |
cosmetology in another state. | 248 |
(C) The conditions specified in rules adopted under division | 249 |
(A)(6) of this section may include that an applicant is applying | 250 |
for a license to practice a branch of cosmetology for which the | 251 |
board determines an examination is unnecessary. | 252 |
(D) The rules adopted under division (A)(11) of this section | 253 |
shall not include a profession if practice of the profession in a | 254 |
salon is a violation of a statute or rule governing the | 255 |
profession. | 256 |
(E) The sanitary standards established under division (A)(15) | 257 |
of this section shall focus in particular on precautions to be | 258 |
employed to prevent infectious or contagious diseases being | 259 |
created or spread. The board shall consult with the Ohio | 260 |
department of health when establishing the sanitary standards. | 261 |
(F) The fee established by rules adopted under division | 262 |
(A)(16) of this section shall cover the cost the board incurs in | 263 |
inspecting tanning facilities and enforcing the board's rules but | 264 |
may not exceed one hundred dollars per location of such | 265 |
facilities. | 266 |
Sec. 4713.50. (A) A tanning facility operator or employee | 267 |
shall make reasonable efforts, in accordance with procedures | 268 |
established under section 4713.08 of the Revised Code, to | 269 |
determine whether an individual seeking to use the facility's sun | 270 |
lamp tanning services is less than sixteen years of age, at least | 271 |
sixteen but less than eighteen years of age, or eighteen years of | 272 |
age or older. | 273 |
(B)(1) A tanning facility operator or employee shall not | 274 |
allow an individual who is eighteen years of age or older to use | 275 |
the facility's sun lamp tanning services without first obtaining | 276 |
the consent of the individual. The consent shall be evidenced by | 277 |
the individual's signature on the form developed by the state | 278 |
board of cosmetology under section 4713.51 of the Revised Code. | 279 |
The consent is valid indefinitely. | 280 |
(2) A tanning facility operator or employee shall not allow | 281 |
an individual who is at least sixteen but less than eighteen years | 282 |
of age to use the facility's sun lamp tanning services without | 283 |
first obtaining the consent of a parent or legal guardian of the | 284 |
individual. The consent shall be evidenced by the signature of the | 285 |
parent or legal guardian on the form developed by the board under | 286 |
section 4713.51 of the Revised Code. The form must be signed in | 287 |
the presence of the operator or an employee of the tanning | 288 |
facility. The consent is valid for ninety days from the date the | 289 |
form is signed. A tanning facility operator or employee shall not | 290 |
allow an individual who is at least sixteen but less than eighteen | 291 |
years of age to use the facility's sun lamp tanning services for | 292 |
more than forty-five sessions during the ninety-day period covered | 293 |
by the consent. No such session may be longer than the maximum | 294 |
safe time of exposure specified in rules adopted under division | 295 |
(A)(17) of section 4713.08 of the Revised Code. | 296 |
(3) A tanning facility operator or employee shall not allow | 297 |
an individual who is less than sixteen years of age to use the | 298 |
facility's sun lamp tanning services unless both of the following | 299 |
apply: | 300 |
(a) The tanning facility operator or employee obtains the | 301 |
consent of a parent or legal guardian of the individual prior to | 302 |
each session of the use of the facility's sun lamp tanning | 303 |
services. The consent shall be evidenced by the signature of the | 304 |
parent or legal guardian on the form developed by the board under | 305 |
section 4713.51 of the Revised Code. The form must be signed in | 306 |
the presence of the operator or an employee of the tanning | 307 |
facility. | 308 |
(b) A parent or legal guardian of the individual is present | 309 |
at the tanning facility for the duration of each session of the | 310 |
use of the facility's sun lamp tanning services. | 311 |
(C) For purposes of division (B) of this section, an | 312 |
electronic signature may be used to provide and may be accepted as | 313 |
a signature evidencing consent. | 314 |
Sec. 4713.51. The state board of cosmetology shall develop a | 315 |
form for use by tanning facility operators and employees in | 316 |
complying with the consent requirements of division (B) of section | 317 |
4713.50 of the Revised Code. The form must describe the potential | 318 |
health effects of radiation from sun lamps, including a | 319 |
description of the possible relationship of the radiation to skin | 320 |
cancer. In developing the form, the board shall consult with the | 321 |
department of health, dermatologists, and tanning facility | 322 |
operators. The board shall make the form available on the internet | 323 |
web site maintained by the board. | 324 |
Sec. 4713.64. (A) The state board of cosmetology may take | 325 |
disciplinary action for any of the following: | 326 |
(1) Failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter | 327 |
or rules adopted under it; | 328 |
(2) Continued practice by a person knowingly having an | 329 |
infectious or contagious disease; | 330 |
(3) Habitual drunkenness or addiction to any habit-forming | 331 |
drug; | 332 |
(4) Willful false and fraudulent or deceptive advertising; | 333 |
(5) Falsification of any record or application required to be | 334 |
filed with the board; | 335 |
(6) Failure to pay a fine or abide by a suspension order | 336 |
issued by the board. | 337 |
(B) On determining that there is cause for disciplinary | 338 |
action, the board may do one or more of the following: | 339 |
(1) Deny, revoke, or suspend a license or permit issued by | 340 |
the board; | 341 |
(2) Impose a fine; | 342 |
(3) Require the holder of a license or permit to take | 343 |
corrective action courses. | 344 |
(C) The amount and content of corrective action courses and | 345 |
other relevant criteria shall be established by the board in rules | 346 |
adopted under section 4713.08 of the Revised Code. | 347 |
(D) The board may impose a separate fine for each offense | 348 |
listed in division (A) of this section. The amount of a fine shall | 349 |
be not more than five hundred dollars if the violator has not | 350 |
previously been fined for that offense. The fine shall be not more | 351 |
than one thousand dollars if the violator has been fined for the | 352 |
same offense once before. The fine shall be not more than one | 353 |
thousand five hundred dollars if the violator has been fined for | 354 |
the same offense two or more times before. | 355 |
In the case of an offense of failure to comply with division | 356 |
(A) or (B)(2) or (3) of section 4713.50 of the Revised Code, the | 357 |
board shall impose a fine of five hundred dollars if the violator | 358 |
has not previously been fined for that offense. If the violator | 359 |
has previously been fined for the offense, the board may impose a | 360 |
fine in accordance with this division or take another action in | 361 |
accordance with division (B) of this section. | 362 |
(E) If a person fails to request a hearing within thirty days | 363 |
of the date the board, in accordance with section 119.07 of the | 364 |
Revised Code, notifies the person of the board's intent to act | 365 |
against the person under division (A) of this section, the board | 366 |
by a majority vote of a quorum of the board members may take the | 367 |
action against the person without holding an adjudication hearing. | 368 |
(F) The board, after a hearing in accordance with Chapter | 369 |
119. of the Revised Code, may suspend a tanning facility permit if | 370 |
the owner or operator fails to correct an unsafe condition that | 371 |
exists in violation of the board's rules or fails to cooperate in | 372 |
an inspection of the tanning facility. If a violation has resulted | 373 |
in a condition reasonably believed by an inspector to create an | 374 |
immediate danger to the health and safety of any person using the | 375 |
tanning facility, the inspector may suspend the permit without a | 376 |
prior hearing until the condition is corrected or until a hearing | 377 |
in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code is held and | 378 |
the board either upholds the suspension or reinstates the permit. | 379 |
Section 2. That existing sections 4713.01, 4713.08, and | 380 |
4713.64 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 381 |
Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act take effect three | 382 |
months after the effective date of this act. | 383 |