2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-199.1. Definitions.

As used in the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act:
1. "Apprentice" means a person who is engaged in learning the practice of cosmetology or barbering in a cosmetology or barbering establishment;
2. "Barber" or "barber stylist" means any person who engages in the practice of barbering;
3. "Barbering" means any one or any combination of the following practices, when done upon the upper part of the human body for cosmetic purposes and when done for payment either directly or indirectly for the general public, constitutes the practice of barbering, to wit: Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair; giving facial or scalp massages or treatment with oils, creams, lotions or other preparations, either by hand or mechanical appliances; singeing, shampooing or applying lighteners or color to the hair or applying hair tonics; applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or lotions to scalp, face, neck or upper part of the body; and removing superfluous hair from the face, neck or upper part of the body;
4. "Barber establishment" means an establishment or place of business where one or more persons are engaged in the practice of barbering, but shall not include barber schools or colleges;
5. "Barber school" or "barber college" means an establishment operated for the purpose of teaching barbering;
6. "Board" means the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering;
7. "Cosmetic studio" means any place or premises where demonstrators give demonstrations, without compensation, for the purpose only of advertising and selling cosmetics;
8. "Cosmetician" means a person licensed by the Board to perform patron services limited to hair arranging and application of makeup, including, but not limited to, using hairstyling tools and products. Services must be performed in a licensed establishment;
9. "Cosmetology" means any one or combination of practices generally and usually performed by and known as the occupation of beauticians, beauty culturists, beauty operators, cosmeticians, cosmetologists, or hairdressers or of any other person holding himself or herself out as practicing cosmetology by whatever designation and within the meaning of the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act and in or upon whatever place or premises. Cosmetology shall include, but not be limited to, any one or combination of the following practices: bleaching, cleansing, curling, cutting, coloring, dressing, removing, singeing, styling, waving, or similar work upon the hair of any person by any means, whether with hands or mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances. Nothing in the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act shall be construed to prohibit the use of hands or mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances for the nonpermanent removal of hair from the human body without puncturing of the skin or the use of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or creams, or massaging, cleansing, stimulating, exercising, beautifying, or similarly working the scalp, face, neck, arms, or the manicuring of the nails of any person, exclusive of such of the foregoing practices as are within the scope of practice of the healing arts as provided by law;
10. "Cosmetology establishment" means an establishment or place of business where one or more persons are engaged in the practices of cosmetology but shall not include cosmetology schools or colleges;
11. "Cosmetology or barber school/college" means any place or premises where instruction in any or all the practices of cosmetology or barbering is given. Any person, firm, institution or corporation, who holds himself, herself or itself out as a school to teach and train, or any person, firm, institution or corporation who shall teach and train any other person or persons in any of the practices of cosmetology or barbering is hereby declared to be engaged in operating a cosmetology and/or barber school, and shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Cosmetology and Barbering Act. Licensed cosmetology and/or barber schools may offer education to secondary and postsecondary students in this state;
12. "Demonstrator" means a person who is not licensed in this state as an operator or instructor and who demonstrates any cosmetic preparation. The person shall be required to obtain a Demonstrator license and pass a state written exam relating to general safety and sanitation from the Board before making any such demonstrations;
13. "Facial/Esthetics instructor" means a person licensed by the Board as a qualified teacher of the art and science of facial and esthetics theory and practice;
14. "Facialist/Esthetician" means any person who gives facials for compensation;
15. "Hairbraiding technician" means a person certified by the Board to perform hairbraiding, hairweaving techniques, and hair extensions in a licensed cosmetology establishment;
16. "Hybrid learning" means courses that combine face-to-face classroom instruction with on-line, computer-based learning;
17. "Manicurist/Nail technician" means a person who gives manicures, gives pedicures, or applies artificial nails;
18. "Manicurist/Nail technician instructor" means a person licensed by the Board as a qualified teacher of the art and science of nail technology theory and practice;
19. "Master barber instructor" means a person who gives instruction in barbering or any practices thereof;
20. "Master cosmetology instructor" means a person who gives instruction in cosmetology or any practices thereof;
21. "Postsecondary institution" means a school licensed to teach students according to prescribed curriculum as in paragraph 1 of subsection G of Section 199.7 of this title and in Board rule 175:10-3-34(a);
22. "Public school" means any state-supported institution conducting a cosmetology program;
23. "Secondary institution" means a school licensed to teach students eligible for credit of five hundred (500) hours of related subjects as prescribed in paragraph 2 of subsection G of Section 199.7 of this title and in Board rule 175:10-3-34(b); and
24. "Student" means a person who is enrolled in and attending a cosmetology or barbering school for the purpose of learning the practice of cosmetology or barbering.
Added by Laws 1949, p. 389, § 1, emerg. eff. June 6, 1949. Amended by Laws 1951, p. 163, § 1, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951; Laws 1968, c. 313, § 1, emerg. eff. May 7, 1968; Laws 1978, c. 259, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Laws 1979, c. 216, § 1, eff. July 1, 1979; Laws 1994, c. 135, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 2000, c. 355, § 2, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2013, c. 229, § 85, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2014, c. 260, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2018, c. 62, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.