37-31-301. Prohibited acts. - Montana Statutes

     37-31-301. Prohibited acts. (1) Without an appropriate license issued under this chapter, it is unlawful to:
     (a) practice barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring for compensation;
     (b) own, manage, operate, or conduct a school of barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring;
     (c) manage or operate a salon or shop or a booth; or
     (d) teach in a school of barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring.
     (2) It is unlawful:
     (a) for a person who owns, manages, or controls a salon or shop to employ or use an unlicensed person as a barber, cosmetologist, electrologist, esthetician, or manicurist;
     (b) to operate a school of barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring without complying with all of the regulations of 37-31-311;
     (c) to practice barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring in any place other than in a licensed salon or shop as provided in this chapter, except when a licensee is requested:
     (i) by a customer to go to a place other than a licensed salon or shop and is sent to the customer from a licensed salon or shop; or
     (ii) by a customer with a disability or homebound customer to go to the customer's place of residence; or
     (d) to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.

     History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 104, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 13, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 3228.17, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 222, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 140, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 66-817(A), (B); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 602, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 88, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 23, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 473, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 305, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 472, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 243, L. 2003.