Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 175 - State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering › Chapter 10 - Licensure of Cosmetologists, Barbers, Schools and Related Establishments › Subchapter 9 - Licensure of Cosmetologists, Barbers and Related Occupations › Part 5 - DEMONSTRATORS; COSMETIC STUDIOS; TRADE SHOWS; GUEST ARTISTS; WIG DRESSING; OTHER PRACTICES OF COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING › Section 175:10-9-50 - Demonstrator and cosmetic studio license requirements

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Any person who is not a cosmetology or
				  barber licensee in this state, and who demonstrates any cosmetic preparation
				  for the public from open tester, sampler or other open container, is hereby
				  declared to be a demonstrator and shall be required to obtain a license from
				  the Board before making the demonstrations.
(b) While the Board does not interfere with
				  door-to-door individual one-on-one type cosmetic retails sales, any person who
				  establishes a cosmetology or barber business or represents himself to be
				  providing facials or other cosmetology or barber services to the general public
				  in a place other than an Establishment or school shall be required to obtain a
				  license as is appropriate to the practice performed. Providing or performing a
				  facial is a practice which shall require a Facialist, Cosmetologist, Barber,
				  Facial/Esthetics Instructor, Barber, Master Barber Instructor or Master
				  Instructor license.
(c) A person
				  who provides a demonstration of the proper use and application of specific
				  make-up and cosmetic technique and product information to students enrolled in
				  modeling, charm or other self-improvement programs, shall be a licensed
				  Cosmetologist, Cosmetician, Facial/Esthetics Instructor, Manicurist, Facialist,
				  Barber, Master Barber Instructor, Master Instructor, Barber Instructor or
				  Demonstrator as applies to a specific license held and demonstration performed
				  by the person. Techniques and products demonstration shall be restricted to
				  personal self-improvement and individual modeling students and shall not be
				  training to provide services to others.
(d) A Cosmetic Studio is considered by the
				  Board to be a place where licensed demonstrators give demonstrations for the
				  sole purpose of advertising and selling cosmetics.
(e) Any Cosmetic Studio shall be required to
				  be licensed by the Board and license shall expire and subject to renewal
				  annually.
(f) Each Cosmetic Studio
				  must prominently display an identifying sign in plain letters at least three
				  (3) inches tall and one (1) inch wide. Failure to display such a sign will be
				  considered as evidence of attempt to avoid inspection.
(g) A cosmetic counter or other Establishment
				  where cosmetic preparations may be sold but where cosmetics are in sealed
				  containers and where no open containers (testers, samplers, applications etc.)
				  are used to demonstrate, the cosmetics may be exempt from cosmetology licensing
				  requirements.
(h) Requirements for
				  the issuance of a Demonstrators license are:
(1) One (1) current,2" X 2" full-face
				  photo
(2) Notarized application and
				  affidavit
(3) Fee of
				  $20.00
(4) Register and pass the
				  Board's sanitation and safety examination