Miss. Code Ann. § 73-7-7 (2026)

• (1) The board shall have authority to make reasonable rules and regulations for the administration of the provisions of this chapter. The board shall set up a curriculum for operation of schools of all of the professions that it is charged to regulate in this state. The board shall receive and consider for adoption recommendations for rules and regulations, school curriculum, and related matters from the Mississippi Cosmetology and Barbering Council, whose membership shall consist of, in addition to the six (6) appointed board members, five (5) elected delegates from the Mississippi Cosmetology and Barbering Association, five (5) elected delegates from the Mississippi Cosmetology and Barber School Association, five (5) elected delegates from the Mississippi Esthetics Association, five (5) elected delegates from the Mississippi Independent Beauticians and Barbers Association, and five (5) elected delegates from the Cosmetology and Barbering School Owners and Teachers Association. The board may revoke the license or may refuse to issue a license to any cosmetologist, barber, esthetician, nail technician, instructor, school of any profession regulated by the board, or salon/barber shop that fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the board in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

• (2) The board shall have authority to prescribe reasonable rules and regulations governing sanitation of schools of all professions regulated by the board, salons, and barber shops for the guidance of persons licensed under this chapter in the operation of schools of all professions regulated by the board, salons or barber shops, and in the practice of cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, and nail technology. However, any and all rules and regulations relating to sanitation shall, before adoption by the board, have the written approval of the State Board of Health. When the board has reason to believe that any of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules and regulations of the board have been violated, either upon receipt of a written complaint alleging such violations or upon the board's own initiative, the board, or any of its authorized agents, shall investigate same and shall have authority to enter upon the premises of a school of any profession regulated by the board, salon or barber shop at any time during the regular business hours of that school , salon or barber shop to conduct the investigation. Such investigation may include, but not be limited to, conducting oral interviews with the complaining party, school , salon or barber shop owner(s) and/or students of the school, and reviewing records of the school , salon or barber shop pertinent to the complaint and related to an area subject to the authority of the board. Such investigation shall not include written interviews or surveys of school employees or students, and the privacy of patrons shall be respected by any person making such investigation.

• (3) The board shall adopt regulations to ensure that all fingernail service products used by licensees regulated by the board do not contain methyl methacrylate (MMA) as a monomer agent for cosmetic nail applications.

• (4) If the board finds that a violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations of the board has occurred, it may cause a hearing to be held as set forth in Section 73-7-27.

Codes, 1942, § 8915-04; Laws, 1948, ch. 367, § 4; Laws, 1964, ch. 450, § 4; Laws, 1978, ch. 506, § 2; Laws, 1982, ch. 448, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1983, ch. 483, § 4; Laws, 1987, ch. 516, § 2; reenacted, Laws, 1991, ch. 553, § 5; reenacted, Laws, 1993, ch. 596, § 6; reenacted, Laws, 1995, ch. 383, § 5; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1997, ch. 513, § 5; Laws, 2000, ch. 485, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 2005, ch. 492, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2010, ch. 487, § 5; reenacted without change, Laws, 2011, ch. 525, § 5, eff. 7/1/2011.

Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 437, HB 313,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2025.

Reenacted without change by Laws, 2021, ch. 470, HB 1312,§ 5, eff. 4/9/2021.

Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 523, HB 1164, 5, eff. 7/1/2013.

Repeal date: Miss. Code § 73-7-63 provides that this chapter is repealed effective 7/1/2024. Laws, 2024, ch. 437, HB 313,§ 28 repeals Miss. Code § 73-7-63 effective 1/1/2025.