RULES OF THE TENNESSEE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY AND BARBER EXAMINERS 500 James Robertson Parkway Davy Crockett Tower Nashville, Tennessee 37243 Chapter Title
0440-01 …….………………………………………………………………………………..…………. Licensing
0440-02 …………………………………………………………………………………………… Sanitary Rules
0440-03 ……….………………………………………….. Rules of Procedure for Hearing Contested Cases
0440-01-02-.01 through 0440-01-02-.20 filed February 23, 1983; effective March 25, 1983. Amendments to rules 0440-01-01-.09 through 0440-01-01-.13, 0440-01-02-.07, and new rules 0440-01- 01-.08 and 0440-01-01-.21 filed February 21, 1986; effective March 23, 1986. Amendments to rules 0440-01-01-.01, 0440-01-01-.09, and 0440-01-01-.10 and new rule 0440-01-01-.15 filed August 5, 1986; effective September 19, 1986. Amendments to rules 0440-01-01-.01, 0440-01-01-.03, 0440-01-01-.05, 0440-01-01-.06, 0440-01-01-.10 through 0440-01-01-.12, 0440-01-02-.01, 0440-01-02-.07, and 0440-01-02-.08 filed August 21, 1987; effective October 5, 1987. Amendments to rules 0440-01-01-.01, 0440-01-01-.03, 0440-01-01-.05, 0440-01-01-.07, 0440-01-01-.10,
0440-01-01-.11, 0440-01-02-.03, and 0440-01-02-.07 filed January 13, 1989; effective February 27, 1989. Amendment to rule 0440-01-01-.14 filed July 14, 1989; effective August 28, 1989. Amendment to rule 0440-01-01-.15 filed July 10, 1990; effective August 24, 1990. Amendment to rule 0440-01-01-.14 filed May 1, 1991; effective June 15, 1991. Amendments to rules 0440-01-01-.01, 0440-01-01-.07, 0440-01-01-.09, 0440-01-01-.10, 0440-01-01-.14,
0440-01-02-.08, 0440-01-02-.10, and original rule 0440-01-02-.22 filed August 17, 1992; effective October 1, 1992. Repeal of 0400-01-01, 0440-01-02, and 0220-01-03 and new chapter 0440-01, 0440-02, and 0440-03 filed July 10, 1997; effective September 23, 1997. Original rules 0440-02-.16 and 0440-02-.17 and amendment to rules 0440-01-.01, 0440-01-.04, 0440-01- .05, 0440-01-.07, 0440-01-.09, 0440-01-.11, 0440-01-.13, 0440-02-.01, 0440-02-.03, 0440-02-.04, 0440- 02-.07, and 0440-02-.13 filed May 25, 2004; effective August 8, 2004. New rule 0440-01-.15, repeal and new rule 0440-01-.03, and amendments to 0440-01-.01 and 0440-02- .10 filed May 2, 2008; effective July 16, 2008. Amendments to rules 0440-01-.01, 0440-01-.03, 0440-01-.05, 0440-01-.06, 0440-01-.09, 0440-01-.11,
0440-01-.13, 0440-01-.14, 0440-01-.15, 0440-02-.01, 0440-02-.04, 0440-02-.07, 0440-02-.08, 0440-02- .10, and new rules 0440-01-.16, 0440-01-.17, and 0440-01-.18 filed September 2, 2015; effective December 1, 2015. Amendments to rules 0440-01-.03, 0440-01-.05, 0440-01-.06, and 0440-01-.11, filed March 9, 2017; effective June 7, 2017. Amendments to rules 0440-02-.01, 0440-02-.03, and 0440-02-.13 filed March 9, 2017; effective June 7, 2017. Amendments to rule 0440-01-.13 filed March 9, 2017; effective June 7, 2017. However, the Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners filed a 23-day stay of the effective date of the rule April 28, 2017; new effective date June 30, 2017. Emergency rules 0440-01-.13, 0440-01-.19, and 0440-02-.01 filed July 24, 2017; effective through January 20, 2018. Original rule 0440-01-.19 and amendments to rules 0440-01-.13 and 0440-02-.01 filed August 29, 2017; effective November 27, 2017. Amendments to rules 0440-01-.01, 0440-01-.03, 0440-01-.05, 0440-01-.07, 0440-01-.10 through 0440- 01-.14, 0440-02-.01, 0440-02-.08, and 0440-02-.12 filed December 12, 2017; effective March 12, 2018. Amendments to rules 0440-01-.01, 0440-01-.02, 0440-01-.07, 0440-01-.09, 0440-01-.11, 0440-01-.15, and 0440-02-.07 filed March 15, 2021; effective June 13, 2021. Administrative correction made to chapter reference in chapter 0440-03 on November 28, 2022. Amendments to rules 0440-01-.01, 0440-01-.19, 0440-02-.07, 0440-02-.10, and 0440-02-.13 and new rule 0440-02-.18 filed October 16, 2023; effective January 14, 2024. Amendments to rules 0440-01-.03, 0440-01-.04, and 0440-01-.13 filed April 12, 2024; effective July 11, 2024. Amendments to rules 0440-01-.02, 0440-01-.03, 0440-01-.06, 0440-01-.10, 0440-01-.14, 0440-01-.16,
0440-02-.04 through 0440-02-.06, 0440-02-.12, and 0440-02-.16 and repeal of rules 0440-01-.04, 0440- 01-.08, 0440-01-.12, 0440-02-.09, 0440-02-.11, 0440-02-.14, and 0440-02-.15 filed September 25, 2025; effective December 24, 2025.