PURPOSE: This rule clarifies barber and cosmetology services provided by nursing personnel in long-term care facilities.

1. (1) Nursing personnel employed by long-term care facilities licensed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services may participate in basic barber and cosmetology practices such as basic hair cutting or trims, washing, shaving of the face and body, and nail cutting or polishing, otherwise defined as the practice of barbering and cosmetology under Chapters 328 and 329, RSMo, so long as the practice of these listed activities are consistent with current state and federal statutory and regulatory authority. It is prohibited by this chapter for these individuals to engage in any regulated practice for remuneration without the necessary license.

AUTHORITY: section 329.025, RSMo Supp. 2025.* Original rule filed July 21, 2025, effective Jan. 30, 2026.