TITLE 43 PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES

Section 10. Barbers and Cosmetologists, 43-10-1 through 43-10-20.

ARTICLE 4 REGULATION OF MARTIAL ARTS AND WRESTLING

43-10-18.3. Serving physically disabled or infirm persons in residence, assisted living facility, nursing home, hospital, or similar facility.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, barbering or cosmetologist services may be performed by a registered cosmetologist, master barber, or barber II in a client's residence, a nursing home, an assisted living community a personal care home, a hospital, or similar facilities when the client for reasons of ill health, infirmity, or other physical disability is unable to go to the licensed beauty shop, salon, or barber shop for regular barbering or cosmetologist services.
2. The board is authorized to adopt reasonable rules and regulations prescribing requirements and conditions for the performance of the services authorized in subsection (a) of this Code section.

(Code 1981, §43-10-18.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 1089, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 814, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1287, § 2/HB 314.)

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted the present provisions of subsection (a) for the former provisions, which read: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, cosmetology services may be performed by a licensed cosmetologist in a client's residence, a nursing home, or a hospital when the client for reasons of ill health, infirmity, or other physical disability is unable to go to the licensed beauty shop or salon for regular cosmetology services."