2022 Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 10 - Barbers and Cosmetologists
§ 43-10-18. Home Beauty Shops, Beauty Salons, or Barber Shops

Universal Citation: GA Code § 43-10-18 (2022)
  1. Nothing contained in this chapter nor any rule or regulation adopted in implementation hereof shall be construed to prohibit any person from operating a beauty shop, beauty salon, or barber shop within his or her home or residence, provided that such shop meets and complies with all of the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated by the board.
  2. It shall not be necessary for any person operating a beauty shop, beauty salon, or barber shop in a private home to post a sign denoting same to be a beauty shop, beauty salon, or barber shop unless the person elects to do so.

History. Ga. L. 1963, p. 45, §§ 5, 20; Ga. L. 1966, p. 195, § 7; Ga. L. 1979, p. 1327, § 3; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1420, § 3; Ga. L. 2000, p. 814, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1287, § 2/HB 314; Ga. L. 2016, p. 846, § 43/HB 737.

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, inserted “, beauty salon or barber shop” in subsection (a); and inserted “, beauty salon, or barber shop” twice in subsection (b).

The 2016 amendment, effective May 3, 2016, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in subsection (a).

Editor’s notes.

For application of this statute in 2020 and 2021, see Executive Orders 04.20.20.01, 04.23.20.02, 05.12.20.02, 05.28.20.02, 06.11.20.01, 06.29.20.02, 07.15.20.01, 07.31.20.02, 08.15.20.01, 08.31.20.02, 09.15.20.01, 09.30.20.02, 10.15.20.01, 10.30.20.02, 11.13.20.01, 11.30.20.02, 12.08.20.01, 12.30.20.02, 01.15.21.01, 01.29.21.02, 02.15.21.01, 02.26.21.02, and 03.12.21.01.

A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2020 and 2021 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders.

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