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This law was first created in 1962. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 639 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1962 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 622; in 1988, chapter 765; in 2000, chapter 726<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 797<\/a> and 869<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 600<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 829<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 476<\/a>, 507<\/a>, 803<\/a>, and 835<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 404<\/a>; in 2025, chapters 308<\/a> and 322<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64611,"section_number":"54.1-703","catch_line":"License required","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-703\/"},{"id":69669,"section_number":"54.1-704.2","catch_line":"License required for schools of barbering, cosmetology, nail care, waxing, tattooing, body-piercing, ear-piercing, or esthetics","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-704.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":240879,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58376,"identifier":"54.1-701","token":"54.1\/II\/7\/54.1-701","url":"\/54.1-701\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-701\/","token":"54.1\/II\/7\/54.1-701","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-701","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Persons authorized by the laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathy or chiropractic; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Registered nurses licensed to practice in the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Persons employed in state or local penal or correctional institutions, rehabilitation centers, sanatoria, or institutions for care and treatment of individuals with mental illness or intellectual disability, or for care and treatment of geriatric patients, as barbers<\/span>, cosmetologists<\/span>, wax technicians<\/span>, nail technicians<\/span>, estheticians<\/span>, barber instructors<\/span>, cosmetology instructors<\/span>, wax technician instructors<\/span>, nail technician instructors<\/span>, or esthetics instructors<\/span> who practice only on inmates of or patients in such sanatoria or institutions; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Persons licensed as funeral directors or embalmers in the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Gratuitous services as a barber, nail technician, cosmetologist<\/span>, wax technician, tattooer<\/span>, body-piercer<\/span>, ear-piercer<\/span>, or esthetician<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Students enrolled in an approved school taking a course in barbering<\/span>, nail care<\/span>, cosmetology, waxing<\/span>, tattooing<\/span>, body-piercing<\/span>, ear-piercing<\/span>, or esthetics; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Persons working in a cosmetology salon<\/span> whose duties are expressly confined to the blow drying, arranging, dressing, curling, or cleansing of human hair; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> Apprentices serving in a barbershop<\/span>, nail salon<\/span>, waxing salon<\/span>, cosmetology salon<\/span>, ear-piercing salon<\/span>, or esthetics spa<\/span> licensed by the Board<\/span> in accordance with the Board<\/span>’s regulations; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> Schools of barbering<\/span>, nail care<\/span>, waxing, or cosmetology in public schools; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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