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§ 61-17A-5 NMSA 1978

License required. (Repealed effective July 1, 2036.)

Known as the Barbers and Cosmetologists Act

The act spans §§ 61–61 (27 sections).

Laws 1993, ch. 171, § 5; 1997, ch. 218, § 2; 2017, ch. 112, § 4; 2025, ch. 39, § 3.

A. Unless licensed pursuant to the Barbers and Cosmetologists Act or exempted from the provisions of that act, no person shall practice barbering, hairstyling or cosmetology for compensation either directly or indirectly.

B. Unless licensed pursuant to the Barbers and Cosmetologists Act, no person shall operate a school or establishment for compensation.

C. Unless licensed pursuant to the Barbers and Cosmetologists Act or exempted from the provisions of that act, no person shall teach barbering, hairstyling, cosmetology or electrology for compensation.

D. Unless licensed by the board pursuant to the Barbers and Cosmetologists Act, no person shall practice as a manicurist-pedicurist, esthetician or electrologist for compensation.

E. A person who engages in eyebrow threading or hair braiding shall not be required to have a license issued by the board.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.