2014 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 27 - (400 - 417) LICENSING OF NAIL SPECIALTY, NATURAL HAIR STYLING, ESTHETICS AND COSMETOLOGY
400 - Definitions.

  400.  Definitions.  As  used  in  this  article, unless the context
  requires otherwise:
1. "Secretary" means the secretary of state.
2. "Person" means an individual, firm, limited liability company,
   partnership or corporation.
3. "Licensee" means a person licensed  pursuant  to  this  article  to
  engage  in  the  practice  of  natural  hair  styling,  esthetics,  nail
  specialty or  cosmetology,  or  to  operate  an  appearance  enhancement
  business  in  which such practice, as herein defined, is provided to the
  public.
4. The practice of "nail specialty" means providing services for a fee
  or any consideration or  exchange  to  cut,  shape  or  to  enhance  the
  appearance  of  the  nails  of  the  hands or feet. Nail specialty shall
  include the application and removal of sculptured or artificial nails.
5. The practice of "natural hair styling" means providing for  a  fee,
  or any consideration or exchange, whether direct or indirect, any of the
  following  services to the hair of a human being: shampooing, arranging,
  dressing, twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending,  locking  or  braiding
  the hair or beard by either hand or mechanical appliances. Such practice
  shall  not  include  cutting,  shaving or trimming hair except that such
  activities are permissible  to  the  extent  that  such  activities  are
  incidental  to the practice of natural hair styling. Such practice shall
  not include the  application  of  dyes,  reactive  chemicals,  or  other
  preparations  to  alter  the  color or to straighten, curl, or alter the
  structure of the hair. Techniques which result in tension on hair  roots
  such  as  certain  types  of  braiding,  weaving,  wrapping, locking and
  extending of the hair may only be performed by a natural hair styling or
  cosmetology licensee who has successfully completed an  approved  course
  of study in such techniques.
6.  The  practice  of  "esthetics"  means  providing for a fee, or any
  consideration or exchange,  whether  direct  or  indirect,  services  to
  enhance the appearance of the face, neck, arms, legs, and shoulders of a
  human  being  by  the  use  of compounds or procedures including makeup,
  eyelashes, depilatories, tonics, lotions, waxes, sanding  and  tweezing,
  whether  performed  by  manual, mechanical, chemical or electrical means
  and instruments but shall not include the practice of electrology.
7.  The  practice  of  "cosmetology"  means  providing  the   services
  described  in subdivisions four, five and six of this section, providing
  service to the hair, head,  face,  neck  or  scalp  of  a  human  being,
  including  but not limited to shaving, trimming, and cutting the hair or
  beard either by hand or mechanical appliances  and  the  application  of
  antiseptics,  powders,  oil,  clays,  lotions  or applying tonics to the
  hair, head, or scalp, and in addition includes providing, for a  fee  or
  any  consideration or exchange, whether direct or indirect, services for
  the application of dyes, reactive chemicals, or  other  preparations  to
  alter  the  color  or to straighten, curl, or alter the structure of the
  hair of a human being.
8. "Appearance enhancement business" means the business  of  providing
  any  or all of the services licensed pursuant to this article at a fixed
  location.
9. "Department" means the department of state.
10. The practice of  "waxing"  means  providing  for  a  fee,  or  any
  consideration  or  exchange,  whether  direct  or  indirect, services to
  enhance the appearance of the face, neck, arms, legs, or shoulders of  a
  human  being by the removal of hair by the use of depilatories, waxes or
  tweezing but shall not include the practice of electrology.