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 ;orhave-b?en .enpged:.

Mrs. Ella Mae Murphy,Member, page 2

*We request this inasmuchas some States have no regulativestat. law for hairdressing and oof&tolOgy, and inview **of** this faot would a pereon from one or these States be eligiblefor our examination without having first oompleted

a thousandhour oourae in not leas than air months7e
Seotlons14 and 16 **of** Artiole 734b Of the Penal Oodr readtaefollows,z

Seo. 14. Van-resident heil'dresaera or ooametologietsend graduatea.oflioensed sohoolrr may only apply for exadnat~on under the Aot upon the payment of the oxaminatlonand lioense fee and shallhave 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 examinationto the satlsfaatian of the Board and in aooordanoewith the rules promulgated

by said Board, the Board shall issue a certirioate

to that effeot, signed by the Presidentand Seoretarpand 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,providedhowever, that where the applioantis a aauate of some sohool of beauty ou1tu!aduly 1 nsed and reoognizeb, then suoh applioant ter passing an examinationaa providedior 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 Saoretaryof 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 rqgzlarmeet- :Ing?%%he ereminationof 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 examinationshall be oonduoted under the rules proYlde4by said Board and shall Inoluaopraotioaldemonatratlonand written and oral teeta In reierenoe to the praotloeafor whhioh a lioense Is applied for and such related subjeota as the Board may determineneoeseary ior the proper end sttloient performanoeof suoh praotioes, and 8uoh erasiination

shall iachude sanitationend hpeiene',

the use ot oosmetios, the applioatloa of eleotrioalan6 meohanloal equipmentana applianoes,

anatomy -4 dermatology,and au0h other 

### kindredeubjeots aa may be neoessary and preeoribedby 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 unambiguousand 

### require

no Interpretation or oonatruotion. Therefore, your queetlonaNOS. 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 oontraveneany seotlon ot tho State or P6aer61 Conatltutione.

### Mm. Ella&faeidurphy, **Nember., page**  **4**



### qulrle#, hustlng that 

### we rem6in the foregoing answer8 your in-