By: Hernandez H.B. No. 2523
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to cosmetology licensing and sanitation requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1603.102, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1603.102. SANITATION RULES. (a) The commission shall
establish sanitation rules to prevent the spread of an infectious
or contagious disease.
(b) Rules adopted under this section applicable to an
individual or facility regulated under Chapter 1602 shall be
consistent with the standards and terminology related to safety and
sanitation that are commonly used in the cosmetology industry.
SECTION 2. Section 1603.256(c), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The following persons may administer a practical
examination required under this subchapter:
(1) the department; [or]
(2) a person with whom the department contracts under
Section 1603.252; or
(3) a private beauty culture school or a vocational
cosmetology program in a public school licensed under this chapter
or Chapter 1602.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section
1603.256(c), Occupations Code, applies to an examination
administered on or after the effective date of this Act. An
examination administered before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the examination was
administered, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.