Terms Used In Alabama Code 34-5-14

  • practice of barbering: as used in this chapter , is hereby defined to mean any one or combination of the following practices, when done upon the human male body above the seventh cervical vertebra for cosmetic purposes and not for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments, and when done for payment, directly or indirectly or without payment for the public generally:

    Shaving or trimming the beard or trimming the hair. See Alabama Code 34-5-1

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

This chapter shall not repeal any provisions of the public health laws, the state sanitary code, or any local acts, or general acts of local application, or municipal ordinances, where the provisions thereof have standards, qualifications, and requirements for the practice of barbering, the operation of barbershops or barber colleges equal to or higher than those provided herein, and such laws, codes, acts, or ordinances shall remain in their entirety in full force and effect.