I. There shall be a board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics consisting of 7 members as follows: one licensed barber, one licensed cosmetologist, one licensed esthetician, one licensed manicurist, one owner of a licensed barbering, cosmetology, esthetics, or manicuring school who shall be a resident of New Hampshire or a designee of such owner who shall be a licensee and a resident of New Hampshire, one owner of a registered tanning facility and one public member; each to be appointed by the governor with the consent of the council to a term of 5 years. No board member shall be appointed to more than 2 consecutive terms. Appointees to the unexpired portion of a full term shall become members of the board on the day following such appointment. Time served in filling an unexpired term shall not affect an appointee’s eligibility to serve 2 consecutive full terms. Only board members provided for in this paragraph shall have the authority to vote in board determinations.
II. The barber, cosmetologist, esthetician, and manicurist members shall be the professional members of the board. Professional members of the board shall have been engaged in the practice of their profession within the state for not less than 5 years. In addition, no professional member shall be the owner or operator of any school or be directly or indirectly associated in the manufacture or wholesale distribution of cosmetic or barber appliances or supplies.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:2

  • Barber: means any person practicing barbering. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
  • Barbering: means :
    (a) Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair;
    (b) Giving facial or scalp massages or treatment with oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations, either by hand or mechanical appliances; or
    (c) Shampooing, arranging, dressing, or styling the hair. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
  • Board: means the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
  • Cosmetologist: means any person practicing cosmetology. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
  • Cosmetology: means arranging, dressing, curling, waving, cleansing, cutting, bleaching, coloring, or similarly treating the hair of any person, and performing other work customarily performed by a cosmetologist such as giving facials, manicures, pedicures, and artificial nail enhancements, applying makeup or eyelashes to any person, and removing superfluous hair. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
  • Esthetician: means any person practicing esthetics. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • governor and council: shall mean the governor with the advice and consent of the council. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:31-a
  • Manicuring: or "pedicuring" means cutting, trimming, polishing, applying artificial enhancements such as tips or acrylic to the natural nails, or coloring or cleansing the nails of any person. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
  • Manicurist: or "pedicurist" means any person practicing manicuring or pedicuring. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
  • Operator: means a person age 18 or older who has received training through a program approved by the board in the safe operation of tanning devices, operates the tanning device, controls the length of the exposure to UV light, and instructs the consumer in the proper use of the device. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • School: means a school or other institution, or a dedicated program within such school or institution, conducted for the purpose of teaching cosmetology, manicuring, barbering, or esthetics. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
  • Tanning facility: means any location, place, area, structure or business which provides access to a tanning device for a fee, membership dues or any other compensation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 313-A:1

III. Each public member shall be a person who is not, and never was, a member of the barbering, cosmetology, or esthetics profession or the spouse of any such person, and who does not have and never has had, a material financial interest in either the provision of barbering, cosmetology, or esthetician services, or an activity directly related to such professions, including the representation of the board of any such professions for a fee at any time during the 5 years preceding appointment.
IV. Members shall annually elect, from among themselves, a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary.
V. The board shall hold at least 6 regular meetings each year. Special meetings may be called at such times as the rules of the board may provide. A quorum of the board shall consist of a majority of the members of the board who have been approved by the governor and council. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public, except when the board conducts a nonpublic session under RSA 91-A.
VI. [Repealed.]