Yolo County Municipal Code Ch. 2 Barbers and Cosmetologists

For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:

(a) “Barbering” shall mean and include any of, or any combination of, the following practices for hire or reward:

(1) Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair;

(2) Giving facial and scalp massages or treatments with oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations, either by hand or mechanical appliances;

(3) Singeing, shampooing, arranging, dressing, curling, waving, or dyeing the hair or applying hair tonics; provided, however, waving shall not include permanent waving; and

(4) Applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays, or lotions to the scalp, face, or neck.

(b) “Barber shop” shall mean any establishment or place of business where the practice of barbering is engaged in or carried on.

(c) “Beauty parlor” or “beauty shop” shall mean any establishment or place of business where the art of cosmetology is engaged in or carried on.

(d) “Cosmetology” shall mean and include any and all and any combination of the following practices:

(1) Arranging, dressing, curling, waving, machineless permanent waving, permanent waving, cleansing, cutting, singeing, bleaching, tinting, coloring, straightening, dyeing, brushing, beautifying, or otherwise treating by any means the hair of any person;

(2) Massaging, cleaning, or stimulating the scalp, face, neck, arms, bust, or upper part of the human body by means of the hands, devices, apparatus, or appliances with or without the use of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or creams;

(3) Beautifying the face, neck, arms, bust, or upper part of the human body by use of cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, tonics, lotions, or creams;

(4) Removing superfluous hair from the body of any person by the use of electrolysis, depilatories, tweezers, chemicals, or preparations or by the use of devices or appliances of any kind or description, except by the use of light waves, commonly known as rays;

(5) Cutting, trimming, polishing, tinting, coloring, cleansing, or manicuring the nails of any person; and

(6) Massaging, cleansing, treating, or beautifying the hands of any person. (§ 1, Ord. 567)

Should the Public Health Director deem it necessary, he may require an examination or laboratory tests for any respiratory disease considered hazardous to the public health in any person serving as a barber or cosmetologist. (§ 2, Ord. 567, as amended by § 1, Ord. 823, eff. March 1, 1979)

(a) Notices by employees. It shall be the duty of every employee of a barber or cosmetology shop to notify the operator if such employee contracts an unusually persistent cough.

(b) Notices by operators. It shall be the duty of the operator to immediately notify the Public Health Director that such condition exists.

(c) Action by the Public Health Director. Upon the receipt of such notice from the operator, it shall be the duty of the Public Health Director to investigate the condition set forth in such report and to institute such measures as may be necessary for the public health. (§ 2, Ord. 567, as amended by § 2, Ord. 823, eff. March 1, 1979)

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Three Hundred and no/100ths ($300.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (§ 3, Ord. 567)