21 NCAC 06P .0103. GENERAL DEFINITIONS

For purposes of the rules in this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)           "Barber" means any person who engages in or attempts to engage in the practice of barbering or provide barbering services.

(2)           "Barber school" means any establishment that engages in or attempts to engage in the teaching of the practice of barbering.

(3)           "Barber instructor" means any person who engages in or attempts to engage in the teaching of the practice of barbering.

(4)           "Barber pole" means a cylinder or pole with alternating stripes of any combination including red and white, and red, white, and blue, which run diagonally along the length of the cylinder or pole.

(5)           "Board" means the State Board of Barber Examiners.

(6)           "Braiding" means intertwining the hair in a systematic motion to create patterns in a three-dimensional form, inverting the hair against the scalp along part of a straight or curved row of intertwined hair, or twisting the hair in a systematic motion, and includes extending the hair with natural or synthetic hair fibers, and which work does not include cutting the hair or the application of dyes, reactive chemicals, or other preparations to alter the color or to straighten, curl, or alter the structure of the hair, or the application of heat to alter, straighten or curl the hair.

(7)           "License" or "permit" or "registration" means the actual license or permit issued by the Board and valid government issued photo identification depicting the licensee's or permittee's photograph and legal name.

(8)           "Pickup Order" means an order issued by the Board and signed by the Executive Director authorizing an inspector to physically retrieve a permit or license.

(9)           "The practice of barbering" and "barber services" means all activities set forth in G.S. 86A-2, and the sanitary requirements of Chapter 86A and the sanitary rules adopted by the Board.

(10)         "The practice of natural hair styling" means work done for a fee or other form of compensation, by any person, utilizing techniques performed by hand that result in tension on the hair strands or roots such as twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, or braiding of the hair by hand or mechanical device, and which work does not include cutting the hair or the application of dyes, reactive chemical(s), or other preparations to alter the color or to straighten, curl, or alter the structure of the hair, or the application of heat to alter, straighten or curl the hair.

(11)         "Sanitary" means free of infectious agents, diseases, or infestation by insects or vermin and free of soil, dust, or foreign material.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 86A-2; 86A-5; 86A-13; 86A-15; 86A-22; 86A-23;

Eff. June 1, 2008.