2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 644A - Cosmetology › NRS 644A.900 - Unlawful practices without license or certificate of registration; exceptions.

1. It is unlawful for any person to conduct or operate a cosmetological establishment, a school of cosmetology or any other place of business in which any one or any combination of the occupations of cosmetology are taught or practiced unless the person is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5, it is unlawful for any person to engage in, or attempt to engage in, the practice of cosmetology or any branch thereof, whether for compensation or otherwise, unless the person is licensed or registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
3. This chapter does not prohibit:
(a) Any student in any school of cosmetology established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter from engaging, in the school and as a student, in work connected with any branch or any combination of branches of cosmetology in the school.
(b) An electrologist’s apprentice from participating in a course of practical training and study.
(c) A person issued a provisional license as an instructor pursuant to NRS 644A.415 from acting as an instructor and accepting compensation therefor while accumulating the hours of training as a teacher required for an instructor’s license.
(d) The rendering of services relating to the practice of cosmetology by a person who is licensed or registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, if those services are rendered in connection with photographic services provided by a photographer.
(e) A registered cosmetologist’s apprentice from engaging in the practice of cosmetology under the immediate supervision of a licensed cosmetologist who is approved to supervise the apprentice.
(f) A registered shampoo technologist from engaging in the practice of shampoo technology under the immediate supervision of a licensed cosmetologist or hair designer.
(g) A registered esthetician’s apprentice from engaging in the practice of esthetics under the immediate supervision of a licensed esthetician or licensed cosmetologist who is approved to supervise the apprentice.
(h) A registered hair designer’s apprentice from engaging in the practice of hair design under the immediate supervision of a licensed hair designer or licensed cosmetologist who is approved to supervise the apprentice.
(i) A registered nail technologist’s apprentice from engaging in the practice of nail technology under the immediate supervision of a licensed nail technologist or licensed cosmetologist who is approved to supervise the apprentice.
(j) A makeup artist registered pursuant to NRS 644A.395 from engaging in the practice of makeup artistry for compensation or otherwise in a licensed cosmetological establishment.
4. A person employed to render services relating to the practice of cosmetology in the course of and incidental to the production of a motion picture, television program, commercial or advertisement is exempt from the licensing or registration requirements of this chapter if he or she renders those services only to persons who will appear in that motion picture, television program, commercial or advertisement.
5. A person practicing hair braiding is exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter applicable to hair braiding if the hair braiding is practiced on a person who is related within the sixth degree of consanguinity and the person does not accept compensation for the hair braiding.
[Part 3:218:1931; A 1933, 237; 1937, 80; 1931 NCL § 1862.02]—(NRS A 1981, 1351; 1985, 1629, 1853; 1987, 1201; 1989, 1319, 2005; 1991, 2056; 1999, 1152; 2011, 3034; 2015, 594, 2395; 2017, 568; 2023, 897)