(a) No person shall operate a mobile shop without a valid mobile shop license issued by the board. Application for the license shall be made upon application forms furnished by the board.
Mobile shop: means any self-contained, self-supporting, enclosed motor vehicle that may be used as a barber shop, cosmetology shop, dual shop, manicure shop, skin care shop, or any other category of shop licensed by the board. See Tennessee Code 62-4-102
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Shop: means a cosmetology shop, manicure shop, skin care shop, or natural hair styling shop. See Tennessee Code 62-4-102
(b) The board shall issue a license for a mobile shop to an applicant who:
(1) Holds a valid, current license for a shop that has a fixed location;(2) Pays an application fee in an amount set by the board by rule, not to exceed the cost of administering this section;(3) Pays an initial license fee in the amount set by the board by rule; and(4) Undergoes and passes an initial inspection.(c) A license for a mobile shop shall be subject to renewal at the same time that the licensee’s shop license is subject to renewal pursuant to § 62-4-118(h). The renewal fee for a license for a mobile shop shall be set by the board by rule.(d) A mobile shop for which a license is issued shall be subject to all of the health and safety requirements that apply to shops that have a fixed location under this chapter and the rules promulgated pursuant thereto; provided, that a mobile shop shall not be required to have a restroom and that the board may promulgate rules allowing or requiring mobile shops to have equipment different from shops with a fixed location.(e)(1) The board may either refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke any license for a mobile shop for any of the reasons in § 62-4-127.(2) The board shall revoke any license for a mobile shop if the licensee’s license for a shop that has a fixed location expires or is revoked.(3) If a licensee’s license for a shop that has a fixed location is suspended, the board shall also suspend any license that has been issued to such licensee for a mobile shop for the same period of time.
