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225 ILCS 410/1-4

(225 ILCS 410/1-4)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)

Sec. 1-4. Definitions.

In this Act the following words shall have the
following meanings:

"Address of record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's application file or the licensee's license file, as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit.

"Board" means the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Board.

"Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

"Licensed barber" means an individual licensed by the Department
to practice barbering as defined in this Act and whose
license is in good standing.

"Licensed cosmetologist" means an individual licensed by the
Department to practice cosmetology, nail technology, hair braiding, and esthetics as
defined in this Act and whose license is in good standing.

"Licensed esthetician" means an individual
licensed by the
Department to practice esthetics as defined in this Act and whose
license is in good standing.

"Licensed nail technician" means an individual
licensed by
the Department to practice nail technology as defined in this Act and whose
license is in good standing.

"Licensed barber teacher" means an individual
licensed
by the Department to practice barbering as defined in this Act
and to provide instruction in the theory and practice of barbering to students in an approved barber school.

"Licensed cosmetology teacher" means an individual
licensed by the Department to practice cosmetology,
esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology as defined in this Act
and to provide instruction in the theory and
practice of cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology to
students in an approved cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, or nail technology school.

"Licensed cosmetology clinic teacher" means an individual licensed by the
Department to practice cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology as defined
in this Act and to provide clinical instruction in the practice of cosmetology,
esthetics, hair braiding, and nail technology in an approved school of cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding,
or nail technology.

"Licensed esthetics teacher" means an individual
licensed by
the Department to practice esthetics as defined in this Act and to provide
instruction in the theory and practice of esthetics
to students in an approved cosmetology or esthetics school.

"Licensed hair braider" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice hair braiding as defined in this Act and whose license is in good standing.

"Licensed hair braiding teacher" means an individual licensed by the Department to practice hair braiding and to provide instruction in the theory and practice of hair braiding to students in an approved cosmetology or hair braiding school.

"Licensed nail technology teacher" means an individual
licensed by the Department to practice nail technology and
to provide instruction in the theory and
practice of nail technology to students in an approved nail technology 
or cosmetology school.

"Enrollment" is the date upon which the student signs an
enrollment agreement or student contract.

"Enrollment agreement" or "student contract" is any agreement,
instrument, or contract however named, which creates or evidences an
obligation binding a student to purchase a course of instruction from a school.

"Enrollment time" means the maximum number of hours a student
could have attended class, whether or not the student did in fact attend
all those hours.

"Elapsed enrollment time" means the enrollment time elapsed between
the actual starting date and the date of the student's last day of physical
attendance in the school.

"Mobile shop or salon" means a self-contained facility that may be moved, towed, or transported from one location to another and in which barbering, cosmetology, esthetics, hair braiding, or nail technology is practiced.

"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

"Threading" means any technique that results in the removal of superfluous hair from the body by twisting thread around unwanted hair and then pulling it from the skin; and may also include the incidental trimming of eyebrow hair.

(Source: P.A. 98-238, eff. 1-1-14; 98-911, eff. 1-1-15; 99-427, eff. 8-21-15.)