The following are exempt from this chapter while engaged in the proper discharge of their professional duties:

(1) a manufacturer’s representative or sales person who demonstrates a product or technique for a promotional purpose;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-13-360

  • Cosmetologist: means a person including, but not limited to, an independent contractor, not a student, who is licensed to practice cosmetology. See South Carolina Code 40-13-20
  • Cosmetology: means engaging in any of these practices or a combination of these practices when done for compensation either directly or indirectly:

    (a) arranging, styling, thermal curling, chemical waving, pressing, shampooing, cutting, shaping, chemical bleaching, chemical coloring, chemical relaxing, or similar work, upon the hair, wig, or hairpiece of any person, by any means, with hands or mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances;

    (b) using cosmetic preparations, make-up, antiseptics, lotions, creams, chemical preparations on, or otherwise, or waxing, tweezing, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, beautifying, or similar work on the scalp, legs, feet, face, neck, arms, hands; or

    (c) manicuring or pedicuring the nails of a person or similar work. See South Carolina Code 40-13-20
  • salon: means a building or any place, or part of a place or building including, but not limited to, a rental booth, in which cosmetology is performed on the general public for compensation. See South Carolina Code 40-13-20

(2) an educational activity conducted in connection with a monthly, annual, or other special program from which the general public is excluded, provided this exemption applies only to the specific days of the special program;

(3) a demonstration conducted by a manufacturer or a wholesaler for the purpose of exhibiting the technical application and use of a product; and

(4) an unlicensed person employed in a cosmetology salon whose duties are expressly confined to shampooing hair under the direct supervision of a cosmetologist.