PRINTER'S NO. 1542
No. 1219 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, BOSCOLA, COSTA, LEMMOND, SLOCUM,
TARTAGLIONE AND WAUGH, NOVEMBER 30, 1999
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
NOVEMBER 30, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242, No.86), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act to promote the public health and safety by
3 providing for examination, licensing and granting of permits
4 for those who desire to engage in the profession of
5 cosmetology; defining cosmetology, and regulating cosmetology
6 shops, schools, students, apprentices, teachers, managers,
7 manicurists and cosmetologists; conferring powers and duties
8 upon the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational
9 Affairs in the Department of State; providing for appeals to
10 certain courts by applicants and licensees; and providing
11 penalties," further providing for the management of
12 cosmetology shops.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 4.4 of the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242,
16 No.86), referred to as the Cosmetology Law, amended June 30,
17 1984 (P.L.479, No.100), is amended to read:
18 Section 4.4. Management of Cosmetology Shops.--An owner of a
19 cosmetology shop, licensed as a cosmetologist, may manage his
20 own shop if he operates therein exclusively; otherwise, he shall
21 employ a licensed manager. This section does not prohibit
22 coownership of cosmetology shops by licensed cosmetologists who
1 operate therein exclusively. This section does not prohibit an
2 owner who is a barber from employing a cosmetologist without the
3 requirement that a cosmetologist-manager also be employed.
4 Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a licensed
5 cosmetologist may manage a cosmetology shop located within a
6 special care facility, so long as the services being provided in
7 that shop are exclusively for the residents of the facility. The
8 licensed cosmetologist may or may not own the shop. If services
9 are provided to the public, a licensed cosmetology manager or
10 teacher must be employed to manage the shop. For purposes of
11 this section, a "special care facility" shall include a
12 hospital, nursing home, adult day-care center or any other
13 similar facility.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
J7L63JS/19990S1219B1542 - 2 -