37-31-302. License required to practice, teach, or operate salon or shop, booth, or school. - Montana Statutes

     37-31-302. License required to practice, teach, or operate salon or shop, booth, or school. (1) A person may not practice or teach barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring without a license.
     (2) A place may not be used or maintained for the teaching of barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring for compensation unless licensed as a school.
     (3) A person may not operate or manage a salon or shop without a license or a temporary operating permit as provided in 37-31-312.
     (4) A person may not operate or conduct a school of barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring or teach barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring without a license to teach barbering, cosmetology, electrology, esthetics, or manicuring.
     (5) A person may not manage or operate a booth without a booth rental license.
     (6) A person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity desiring to operate a salon or shop shall apply to the department for a license. The application must be accompanied by the license fee.
     (7) A license may not be issued until the inspection fees required in 37-31-312 have been paid.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 104, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 3228.1, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 222, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 80, L. 1941; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 211, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 20, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 244, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 85, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 63, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-801; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 106, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 602, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 88, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 473, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 305, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 38, Ch. 492, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 243, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 194, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 83, Ch. 467, L. 2005.