From and after the effective date of this act, it shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), nor more than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment, for any person, firm, or corporation in this state to:

1. (a) Operate or attempt to operate a beauty school or beauty shop without having obtained a license therefor from the State Board of Cosmetology, as required by law.
2. (b) Serve as an instructor or attempt to give instruction without having obtained an instructor's license from the State Board of Cosmetology, as required by law.
3. (c) Practice or offer to practice cosmetology or manicuring without having obtained a license therefor from the State Board of Cosmetology, as required by law.
4. (d) Operate a cosmetic studio without having obtained a license therefor from the State Board of Cosmetology, as required by law.
5. (e) Demonstrate a cosmetic preparation without having obtained a demonstrator's license from the State Board of Cosmetology, as required by law.
6. (f) Permit any person in one's employ, supervision or control to practice cosmetology unless that person has obtained an appropriate license from the State Board of Cosmetology.
7. (g) Willfully violate any rule or rules adopted by the State Board of Cosmetology and approved by the Commissioner of the State Department of Health, for the sanitary management and operation of a beauty school or beauty shop.

8. (h) Violate any of the provisions of this act.

   The provisions of this act shall not apply to funeral directors, or to persons in the Armed Services, or to persons authorized to practice the healing arts, or nursing, while said persons are engaged in the proper discharge of their professional duties; nor shall anything in this act be construed to apply to regularly employed sales people working in retail establishments engaged in the business of selling cosmetics in sealed packages.

Laws 1949, HB 129, p. 392, § 6, emerg. eff. June 6, 1949; Amended by Laws 1951, SB 158, p. 164, § 3, emerg. eff. May 26, 1951; Amended by Laws 1991, HB 1109, c. 194, § 3.