2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 20-253. License and examination fees. Display of license. Renewal.

      Sec. 20-253. License and examination fees. Display of license. Renewal. License or examination fees shall be paid to the department at the time of application as follows: (1) For examination as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician, the sum of fifty dollars; and (2) for renewal of any hairdresser and cosmetician license, the sum of fifty dollars. Each person engaged in the occupation of registered hairdresser and cosmetician shall, at all times, conspicuously display such person's license within the place where such occupation is being conducted. All hairdresser and cosmetician licenses, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be renewed once every two years and shall expire in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88. No person shall carry on the occupation of hairdressing and cosmetology after the expiration of such person's license until such person has made application to the department for the renewal of such license. Such application shall be in writing, addressed to the department and signed by the person applying for such renewal. The department may renew any hairdresser and cosmetician license if application for such renewal is received by the department within ninety days after the expiration of such license.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4591; 1963, P.A. 16; 1969, P.A. 722, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 468, S. 3; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 78; P.A. 80-484, S. 114, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 58, 71; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 32, 117; P.A. 95-125, S. 4, 6; P.A. 01-195, S. 166, 181; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 24.)

      History: 1963 act increased fees for renewing license and for license as assistant hairdresser and cosmetician from two to three dollars; 1969 act increased fee for operator's examination from five to ten dollars and for instructor's examination from five to twenty dollars; 1971 acts deleted practical and oral aspects of examination, increased examination fees for assistant hairdresser and cosmetician from three to ten dollars and for registered hairdresser and cosmetician from ten to twenty-five dollars and increased fee for renewal of any license from three to five dollars; P.A. 80-484 deleted references to assistant hairdresser and cosmetician and to instructor categories, deleted provision re dollar per month penalty for failure to renew license in timely fashion, allowed ten dollar charge for reexamination which was previously given without charge, replaced December thirty-first expiration date with expiration in accordance with Sec. 19-45, allowed late renewals if applications received within ninety days rather than twelve months from date of expiration and deleted provisions governing resumption of practice after having ceased to be a license holder; P.A. 81-471 amended section to delete references to fees and examinations for operators; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 increased the examination fee from twenty-five to fifty dollars and the annual renewal fee from five to twenty-five dollars; P.A. 95-125 eliminated reference to the two-dollar duplicate license fee, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 changed license renewal from annually to biennially and increased renewal fee from twenty-five to fifty dollars, effective January 1, 2004.

      Cited. 113 C. 564.