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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. § 4-605

Known as the Maryland Barbers Act

The act spans §§ 4–4 (60 sections).

(a) Except as provided in §§ 4–301.1 and 4–301.2 of this title and subsection (b) of this section, a person may not practice barbering or provide barber–stylist services in any place other than:

(1) a barbershop that holds a barbershop permit under this title; or

(2) a beauty salon that holds a beauty salon permit under Title 5 of this article.

(b) A licensed master barber, licensed barber, or licensed barber–stylist may practice barbering or provide barber–stylist services as appropriate outside a barbershop or beauty salon if:

(1) the master barber, barber, or barber–stylist is sponsored by a barbershop that holds a barbershop permit or a beauty salon that holds a beauty salon permit;

(2) the patron is a customer of the barbershop or the beauty salon;

(3) the implements transported to the site where barbering services or barber–stylist services will be performed are sanitized and disinfected;

(4) the sponsoring barbershop maintains complete records of all services performed outside the barbershop or the beauty salon; and

(5) Board inspectors are permitted to conduct inspections of:

(i) the implements used outside of the barbershop or the beauty salon; and

(ii) the premises where the barbering services or barber–stylist services are performed.

Official source: Maryland General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Maryland statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.