Minnesota Administrative Rules

2105.0105 SCOPE.

Subpart 1.

Cosmetology.

The practice of cosmetology includes the services defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 155A.23, subdivision 3, and includes all services in subparts 2, 3, and 4. Cosmetology practice includes:

A.

shampooing, conditioning, cutting, clipping, coloring, dressing, processing, shaping, straightening, bleaching, tinting, styling, blow-drying, or waving a person's hair, eyebrows, or eyelashes;

B.

styling, cutting, and coloring wigs when on a person's head;

C.

cleansing, massaging, and stimulating the scalp;

D.

using a razor to remove hair from the head, face, and neck; and

E.

other personal services for the cosmetic care of the hair, head, and scalp.

Subp. 2.

Esthetics.

The practice of esthiology is the cosmetic treatment of the stratum corneum of the epidermal layer of the skin surface. Esthetic practice includes eyelash technology services in subpart 4 and includes:

A.

cleansing, stimulating, exfoliating, or massaging a person's scalp, face, neck, arms, legs, or trunk by hand or by using a device, apparatus, or appliance, with or without the use of any cosmetic preparation, antiseptic, tonic, lotion, or cream;

B.

cosmetic care of a person's face, eyelashes, eyebrows, lips, nose, neck, arms, legs, or trunk using a cosmetic preparation, antiseptic, tonic, lotion, powder, oil, gels, paraffin, clay, cream, makeup, or appliance;

C.

removing hair from a person's body using depilatories, waxes, preparations, sugaring, or tweezing;

D.

application of makeup or airbrush makeup, extractions, microdermabrasion, chemical peels, eyelash and eyebrow tinting, eyebrow shaping and trimming, eyelash and eyebrow enhancements, waxing, sugaring, facials, and body wraps; and

E.

other personal services for the cosmetic care of the skin.

Subp. 3.

Nail technician services.

The practice of nail technology is the cosmetic care of the hands, feet, and nails. Nail technology includes:

A.

cleansing, removing polish, cutting, trimming, polishing, tinting, coloring, or manicuring the fingernails or toenails;

B.

attaching and removing acrylic, other artificial nails, or nail enhancements;

C.

cleansing, massaging, and cosmetic care of the skin of the hands and feet including paraffin treatments;

D.

callus removal by the use of callus removal products, sanding, buffing, or filing;

E.

massaging the hands, feet, and lower arms and legs in conjunction with any practice described in items A to F; and

F.

other personal services for the cosmetic care of the hands, feet, and nails.

Nail technician services do not include waxing, eyelash or eyebrow enhancements, or any other esthetician service.

Subp. 4.

Eyelash technology.

The practice of eyelash technicians is limited to the application, removal, and trimming of threadlike natural or synthetic fibers to an eyelash, and includes the cleansing of the eye area and lashes. Eyelash extensions do not include color agents, straightening agents, permanent wave solutions, bleaching agents, applications to the eyebrow, or any other cosmetology service.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 14.389; 155A.23; 155A.26; 155A.27; 155A.29; 155A.30; L 2017 1Sp4 art 2 s 64

History:

41 SR 305; 42 SR 589

Published Electronically:

November 22, 2017