August 2010
Texas Barber & Cosmetology News
(512) 463-6599 or 1-800-803-9202
www.license.state.tx.us
COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM
P.O. Box 12088 Austin, Texas 78711
cs.cosmetologists@license.state.tx.us
BARBER PROGRAM
P.O. Box 13489 Austin, Texas 78711
cs.barbers@license.state.tx.us
Cleanliness is relative to different people; what is clean to one person isn’t acceptable to another. In the barbering and cosmetology industries, the measure of cleanliness licensed professionals must meet is set out in sanitation laws and rules. In fact, many rules mirror each other in the two industries, for example Cosmetology 16 Texas Administrative Code 83.102(b) and Barbering Health and Safety Standards 82.102 state: “A licensee may not perform services on a client if the licensee has reason to believe the client has a contagious condition such as head lice, nits, ringworm; or inflamed, infected, broken, raised or swollen skin or nail tissue; or an open wound or sore in the area to be serviced.”
The rule is clear. If you, the licensed professional, have the slightest suspicion, even a simple belief that a client may have a contagious condition you may not perform any service: no haircut, no manicure or pedicure, no facial. Unfortunately, not every licensee observes the rule.
Agreed orders were issued against two people for performing services on clients with signs of contagious conditions.
• A barber in Grand Prairie was cited and fined $1,000 for knowingly cutting the hair of a customer with ringworm. She stated she saw the ringworm on the client’s head but went ahead with the haircut after receiving permission to proceed from the client’s mother.
• A manicurist in Austin was cited and fined $1,000 for offering and performing services on a client with a nail that was “already damaged” when the client came in for a manicure.
Sanitation safety is not only to protect the customer, but also for the protection of the barber, cosmetologist, manicurist and facialist, too. Contagious conditions can be passed to the service provider as well as other customers. For everyone’s safety, when you observe a condition that may be contagious follow the rule and do not perform any service. Suggest the client seek medical attention and return for the service when the condition is cleared up.
Trying to increase business is a goal for all businesses. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation recommends making sure you understand and adhere to the laws and rules that govern your profession before incorporating added incentives to services. For example: if you are thinking of offering a free service with every haircut make certain your license allows you to perform the “freebie.”
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) Compliance staff is available to answer questions you have regarding both Barbering and Cosmetology Laws and Rules. If you are unclear on a law or rule, the correct procedure for a service or have a licensing question, call TDLR, we’re here to help you.
TDLR Customer Service: 1-800-803-9202 or (512) 463-6599.
Cosmetologists email: CS.Cosmetologists@license.state.tx.us
Barbers email: CS.Barbers@license.state.tx.us
Jennifer Grisham, TDLR’s newest member of the Advisory Board on Barbering, knew as a child she wanted “to do hair” and assumed going to cosmetology school in her hometown of Austin would be her first step to a career as a cosmetologist.
While visiting perspective cosmetology schools she was informed she would learn hair cutting techniques, plus be required to learn other curriculum requirements, for instance: artificial nail application and care; subjects she had no interest in and didn’t plan to use in her hair cutting career.
“Forget it, I won’t cut hair,” Grisham says she told a school representative when presented with the curriculum that included too many “extras.” The representative must have seen something special in the aspiring hair cutter because she suggested Grisham consider attending barber school.
The rest is history. Grisham completed her schooling at Austin Roffler Barber College and has held a Class A Barber license for 17 years and is an owner of a shop in Alpine, Texas, that includes two barbers and four cosmetologists.
Grisham says barbering in west Texas is challenging but it is these challenges that lead her to set goals while serving as a board member to help the barbering industry grow.
“I want to make it easier for Texans wanting to be a barber to achieve that goal,” remarks Grisham. “There is a barber shop in Alpine that has no barber and the nearest barber school is in El Paso. This is a region where individuals can’t afford to move away to go to school.”
Cities and towns in west Texas are often far from each other and the distance can make it impossible, or in the least, difficult for students to live at home and attend barbering school. “Moving to Alpine made me realize how underserved Texas is by the barber industry and barber schools,” Grisham stated after the advisory board meeting. “We barbers must work together and find a solution that allows alternative certification for individuals unable to move and attend barbering school.”
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Cosmetology Shear NumbersOperators.... 109,261 * Dual number also listed in barber statistics
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Barber Shear NumbersBarbers.... 13,142 |
Texas Barber & Cosmetology News
(512) 463-6599 or 1-800-803-9202
www.license.state.tx.us
COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM
P.O. Box 12088 Austin, Texas 78711
cs.cosmetologists@license.state.tx.us
Cosmetology Advisory Board:
Clive Lamb, Presiding Officer
Diane Salazar,
Glenda Jemison,
Allison Leigh West
Rojean Solis Brewer,
Carolee Nguyen,
Ron Robinson
BARBER PROGRAM
P.O. Box 13489 Austin, Texas 78711
cs.barbers@license.state.tx.us
Barber Advisory Board:
Linda G. Connor, Presiding Officer
Ronald Brown,
Jimmy Johnson, Melina Marie Messick, Jennifer Grisham
Commissioners:
Frank Denton, Chair
LuAnn Roberts Morgan, Vice Chair
Mike Arismendez,
Lewis Benavides,
Lilian Norman-Keeney,
Fred N. Moses,
Deborah Yurco
William Kuntz, Exec. Director
