2010 Tennessee Code
Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades
Chapter 4 - Tennessee Cosmetology Act of 1986
62-4-118 - Operation of a shop.

62-4-118. Operation of a shop.

(a)  Except as otherwise provided under this chapter, it is unlawful to operate a shop without conspicuously displaying a valid license issued by the board under this chapter.

(b)  (1)  Each cosmetology shop shall have a managing cosmetologist who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.

     (2)  Each manicure shop shall have a managing manicurist who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.

     (3)  Each skin care shop shall have a managing aesthetician who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.

(c)  An application for a license to operate a shop shall be submitted by its owner on the form prescribed by the board. The application shall include:

     (1)  The location of the shop;

     (2)  The type of shop;

     (3)  The name of the manager; and

     (4)  Other pertinent information that the board may require.

(d)  Prior to the opening of a new shop or the relocation of an existing shop, the shop must pass an initial inspection. The fee for an initial inspection shall be set by the board. The inspection shall be made within ten (10) days of receipt by the board of a request for the inspection.

(e)  (1)  If a new shop passes the required inspection, the board shall issue a license to operate the shop upon receipt of a fee as set by the board.

     (2)  If a relocated shop passes the required inspection, the board shall reissue the license showing the change of address upon receipt of a fee as set by the board.

(f)  (1)  If the ownership of a shop changes, the new owner may not operate the shop more than thirty (30) days after the date of the change of ownership unless, within the thirty-day period, the new owner has:

          (A)  Submitted an application for a license to operate the shop in accordance with subsection (c); and

          (B)  Paid an inspection fee as set by the board.

     (2)  If the transferred shop passes the required inspection, the board shall issue a license to operate the shop to the new owner upon receipt of a fee as set by the board.

(g)  Pending issuance or denial by the board of a license to operate a shop, the owner may operate the shop if the owner displays:

     (1)  The official report showing that the shop has passed the required inspection; and

     (2)  A copy of a cashier's check or money order made payable to the state of Tennessee in the amount of the fee for the license.

(h)  All licenses to operate a shop shall expire on the anniversary date of the licenses.

(i)  Each shop shall be inspected at least annually.

(j)  If the board is satisfied that this chapter has been complied with, licenses to operate a shop may be renewed for another term upon completion and submission of the prescribed form, accompanied by the proper fee to be set by the board.

(k)  A penalty fee as set by the board will be assessed on any renewal application postmarked after the expiration date of the license.

[Acts 1986, ch. 817, § 18; 1987, ch. 112, § 10; 1988, ch. 902, § 13; 1989, ch. 523, §§ 118-122, 124-130; 1996, ch. 897, §§ 11, 12.]