OAG 40-70.

Case DateOctober 03, 1940
CourtOregon
Oregon Attorney General Opinions 1940. OAG 40-70. 81OPINION NO. 40-70[20 Or. Op. Atty. Gen. 81]One licensed as a barber but not as a cosmetic therapist is not authorized to do finger waving of the hair.October 3, 1940.Mrs. George H. Root, SecretaryOregon State Board of Cosmetic Therapy Examiners. Dear Mrs. Root: In your letter of September 17, 1940, you request my opinion as to whether or not a person who is a licensed barber, but who has not been granted a license under the cosmetic therapy law, is authorized to do finger waving. § 68-702, Oregon Code 1935 Supplement provides:
"For the purpose of this act cosmetic therapy is defined as any one or any combination of the following practices, and the following classification of practices shall be adopted and understood to define practitioners within the meaning of this act:
"Class A, Hairdresser. Any person who engages for compensation in any one or any combination of the following practices, to wit: Arranging, dressing, curling, temporary waving, permanent waving, cleansing, cutting, singeing, bleaching, coloring, or similar work, upon the hair of any person, by any means, shall be construed to be practicing the occupation of a hairdresser."
Sub-section (b) of § 68-707, Oregon Code 1935 Supplement, as amended by Chapter 530, Oregon Laws, 1939, provides in part:
"No person shall practice any of the arts or classifications described in this act unless he is the proprietor of or employed by a place of business authorized to display and which does display a shop card to practice cosmetic therapy * * *."
The practice of barbering is defined in § 68-402, Oregon Code 1930, as follows:
"Any one or any combination of the following practices * * * constitutes the practice of barbering.
"Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair;
"Giving facial and scalp messages or treatments with oils, creams, lotions or other preparations either by hand or mechanical appliances;
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