The following activities are prohibited in a beauty school approved by the State Board of Education or the Maryland Higher Education Commission:

1. A. The performance of services of any kind on a client who has an infectious or contagious disease that presents a hazard to others;
2. B. The performance of services of any kind by a student who has an infectious or contagious disease that presents a hazard to clients;
3. C. The performance of services of any kind upon the surface of a client's skin, scalp, or nail where the skin, scalp, or nail is inflamed or where a skin infection or eruption is present, unless authorized by a physician;
4. D. The removal of corns, calluses, or other growths of the skin, such as warts, by cutting;
5. E. The use of electrical muscle stimulator devices purported to produce nonsurgical face or body lifts;
6. F. Cosmetic tatooing;
7. G. The presence of a dog, cat, bird, or any kind of animal on the school premises with the exception of a designated service animal;
8. H. The sale of any hairpieces which previously have been worn including, but not limited to, wigs, toupees, wiglets, falls, and switches;
9. I. The use or possession of a Credo blade or a similar razor-type implement used to cut growths on the skin;
10. J. The use or possession of lasers, microdermabrasion equipment, or any other mechanical device used to remove one or more layers of skin; and

11. K. The use of any product or method that causes tissue destruction or penetrates the blood fluid barrier, including:

    1. (1) Chemical peels; and
    2. (2) Glycolic acids.

Authority: Business Occupations and Professions Article, Title 5, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulation .01 adopted as an emergency provision effective May 23, 1986 (13:12 Md. R. 1371) (Emergency provisions are temporary and not printed in COMAR)

Regulation .01 adopted effective November 3, 1986 (13:22 Md. R. 2397)

Chapter repealed effective June 22, 1992 (19:12 Md. R. 1133)

Regulations .01—.06 adopted effective June 22, 1992 (19:12 Md. R. 1133)

Regulation .02G amended effective March 23, 2020 (47:6 Md. R. 342)

Regulation .02H amended and I—K adopted effective September 12, 2005 (32:18 Md. R. 1519)

Regulation .03A amended effective April 29, 2002 (29:8 Md. R. 699)

Regulation .03B amended effective March 9, 1998 (25:5 Md. R. 368); April 29, 2002 (29:8 Md. R. 699)

Regulation .04 amended effective April 29, 2002 (29:8 Md. R. 699)

Regulation .05 amended effective September 4, 2000 (27:17 Md. R. 1618)

Regulation .05 repealed and new Regulation .05 adopted effective April 29, 2002 (29:8 Md. R. 699)

Regulation .06 adopted effective March 2, 2026 (53:4 Md. R. 184)

Regulation .07 adopted effective July 31, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1280)

Regulation .07B amended effective March 23, 2020 (47:6 Md. R. 342)

Regulation .08 recodified from Regulation .07 and amended effective March 2, 2026 (53:4 Md. R. 184)