OFFICE OF 7HE A‘ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSllN 

law. Bun Mae Murphy, uember; 

State Board or oom3toi0gy 

Austin, T6saB. 

Dear Mad& . 

OplQlon 'Hd, .'o-1875 

art Ig a .pelTSOll ellg 

. . BoerfPa eramlrlkat 

:prlor: to 4she:pao 

. 

lh3que$liyour bpiriloll 6f seq- i 

ether the fo3.lowI.n+uIerlinbX 

e,.'nop-r~a8ident.haLrbresYeros.and. graduates of -Iidensed 

y only epply:?or~exmSnatfon under 

the.Aot.upoil ~the payInent'ot'-the arAmia%~on 

an& lloense fse anU'sh6.3.l have aerved.&e required time a.8 a student ;or have -b?en .enpged 
:. 

Mrs. Ella Mae Murphy, Member, page 2 

*We request this inasmuch as some States 

have no regulative stat. law for hairdressing 

and oof&tolOgy, and inview of this faot 

would a pereon from one or these States be 

eligible for our examination without having 

first oompleted a thousand hour oourae in not 

leas than air months7e 

Seotlons 14 and 16 of Artiole 734b Of the Penal 

Oodr readtae follows,z 

Seo. 14. Van-resident heil'dresaera or ooametologiets end graduatea.of lioensed sohoolrr 

may only apply for exadnat~on under the Aot 

upon the payment of the oxaminatlon and lioense 

fee and shall have served the required time ae 

a student or have been engaged in the praotioe 

or hairdressing and oo13metologp for two (2) 

yeera in a State having requirements eoual to 

the requirements as provided in this Aot.S 

Seo. 16. e(a) If au applloaut for esamination passes suah examination to the satlsfaatian 

of the Board and in aooordanoe with the rules 

promulgated by said Board, the Board shall issue 

a certirioate to that effeot, signed by the 

President and Seoretarp and attested with its 

seal. Suoh oertifio.=te shall be evidence that 

the person to whom it is Issued is entitled to 

follow the Praotioes, oooupatlon, or oooupatlons 

stipulated therein, as greleoribed in this Aot. 

Suoh certifioate ahall..be oonspiouou6lly diaplayed in his or her plaoe of buslneee or employment, provided however, that where the 

applioant is a aauate of some sohool of beauty 

ou1tu!a duly 1 nsed and reoognizeb, then 

suoh applioant ter passing an examination aa 

provided ior I 2.oW.on 9 ohallbe given a 

oertlrloate. 
ldre. Ella Mae Kurphy, b'ember, paRe 3 

*(b) Any person who pr?.or to the passage 

of thla Aot was rtudylng any of tho olaasifled OOOUUpatlO~ shall be oredlted with the 

time of etudy, provided however, that appliOatiOn for such Ore&it Is Siled with the 

Saoretary of the Boara within ninety (90) 

baya after the taking eSfeot oi this Act.* 

Seotlon ? referred to In Artlole 734b, reada 

u to11owt3r 

fThe Board shall hold rqgzlar meet- 

:Ing?%%he eremination of applloenta In the 

oapital of the State, on the aeoond Tueeday 

In January and July of each year, and at &oh 

other times and plaoea as the Board mar deem 

neoessery, and euoh examination shall be oonduoted under the rules proYlde4 by said Board 

and shall Inoluao praotioaldemonatratlon and 

written and oral teeta In reierenoe to the 

praotloea for whhioh a lioense Is applied for 

and such related subjeota as the Board may 

determine neoeseary ior the proper end sttloient performanoe of suoh praotioes, and 8uoh 

erasiination shall iachude sanitation end 

hpeiene', the use ot oosmetios, the applioatloa 

of eleotrioal an6 meohanloal equipment ana 

applianoes, anatomy -4 dermatology, and au0h 

other kindred eubjeots aa may be neoessary 

and preeoribed by the Board to deter&no one.6 

Bitness ana qualitloations a8 a hairdresser 

or ooemetologIa%.R 

We think the above auoted seotions of artiole 

9342~ of the Penal Code are oleer and unambiguous and 

require no Interpretation or oonatruotion. Therefore, 

your queetlona NOS. One end Three tare aaevmred in the 

negative. 

After oarefully oonsiaering your aeoond auestlon, 

we are OS the opinion that Seation 14 oi Art. 734b Of 

the Pena cod0 doe0 not oontravene any seotlon ot tho 

State or P6aer61 Conatltutione. 
Mm. Ella&faeidurphy, Nember., page 4 

qulrle#, 

hustlng that 

we rem6in 

the foregoing answer8 your in-