2019 District of Columbia Code
Title 47 - Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]
Chapter 28 - General License Law.
Subchapter I-B - Non-Health Related Occupations and Professions Licensure.
Part D - Barbers.
§ 47–2853.71. Scope of practice for barbers.

Universal Citation: DC Code § 47–2853.71 (2019)

For the purposes of this part, the term “practice of barbering” means providing or offering to the general public for a fee any of the following services solely for cosmetic purposes: cutting, dressing, singeing, shampooing, styling, or similar work performed upon the face, hair, hairpiece, or wig of a person; shaving or trimming of facial hair of a person; or massaging or applying cosmetic preparations to the face, neck, or scalp of a person. The practice of barbering shall not include manicuring, electrolysis, or the braiding or weaving of hair.

(Apr. 20, 1999, D.C. Law 12-261, § 1002, 46 DCR 3142.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 47-2853.71.

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