65-1909
Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH
Article 19.--LICENSURE OF ENTITIES BYSTATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY
65-1909. Violations; civil and criminal remedies.
- (a) No person shall:
- (1) Employ an individual to engage in any activity for which a license
is required pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1902, and amendments thereto unless such
individual holds a currently valid license issued to such individual;
- (2) violate any order or ruling of the state board of cosmetology;
- (3) fail or refuse to comply with rules and regulations prescribed by the
board or applicable sanitation standards adopted by the secretary of health
and environment pursuant to K.S.A. 65-1,148, and amendments thereto; or
- (4) violate any of the provisions of article 19 of chapter 65 of Kansas
Statutes Annotated.
- (b) Violation of subsection (a) is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of
not less than $10 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment in the county jail
for not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
- (c) The board may bring an action in its own name in a court of competent
jurisdiction to enjoin any person from practicing or teaching cosmetology,
esthetics, nail technology or electrology or from operating a salon, clinic
or school where such courses are taught without a currently valid license.
In any civil action brought under this section, it shall be presumed that
irreparable damage will occur where the board alleges and proves a person
committed a violation of such licensing laws. In addition to issuing an order
for injunctive relief, the court also may assess a fine of not to exceed $1,500
against such person.
History: L. 1927, ch. 245, § 12; L. 1949, ch. 334, § 5; L. 1975,
ch. 322, § 9; L. 1987, ch. 238, § 8; L. 1989, ch. 195, § 8; L.
1998, ch. 160, § 11; L. 2002, ch. 187, § 9; July 1.