Sec. 20-278. Prohibited acts. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 20-278. Prohibited acts. No person shall: (1) Buy, sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any diploma, certificate, license, record or registration purporting to show that any person is qualified or authorized to practice electrology, or participate in any such act; (2) practice or attempt or offer to practice electrology under cover of any diploma, certificate, license, record or registration illegally or fraudulently obtained or signed, or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representation or mistake of fact in a material regard; (3) practice or attempt or offer to practice electrology under a name other than such person's own name or under a false or assumed name; (4) aid or abet practice by a person not lawfully licensed to practice electrology within this state or by a person whose license to practice has been suspended or revoked; or (5) use in such person's advertising the word "electrologist" or any description of services involving permanent hair removal, without having obtained a license under the provisions of this chapter. No person shall, during the time such person's license is revoked or suspended, practice or attempt or offer or advertise to practice electrology or be employed by, work with or assist, in any way, any person licensed to practice electrology. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

      (1951, S. 2327d, 2328d; 1963, P.A. 330, S. 8; P.A. 80-484, S. 129, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 62, 71; P.A. 88-362, S. 15; P.A. 01-109, S. 12; P.A. 03-19, S. 50.)

      History: 1963 act substituted term, "profession" for "occupation," and deleted prohibition in Subdiv. (7) against use of words, "licensed electrologist" or "electrologer"; P.A. 80-484 deleted Subdiv. (4) containing advertising prohibition, renumbering remaining Subdivs. accordingly, deleted references to advertising in Subdivs. (2) and (3) and required permission of health services department rather than of board in renumbered Subdiv. (4), formerly (5); P.A. 81-471 deleted prohibition against giving training in hypertrichology without permission from department and state board of education; P.A. 88-362 substituted prohibition of use of term "hypertrichologist" and descriptions of services involving permanent hair removal for prior ban on use of term "licensed hypertrichologist" in Subdiv. (5); P.A. 01-109 changed "hypertrichology" to "electrology", changed "hypertrichologist" to "electrologist" and made technical changes; P.A. 03-19 made a technical change, effective May 12, 2003.