Sec. 20-253. License and examination fees. Display of license. Renewal.
Sec. 20-253. License and examination fees. Display of license. Renewal. License or examination fees shall be paid to the department at the time of application as
follows: (1) For examination as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician, the sum of
fifty dollars; and (2) for renewal of any hairdresser and cosmetician license, the sum
of fifty dollars. Each person engaged in the occupation of registered hairdresser and
cosmetician shall, at all times, conspicuously display such person's license within the
place where such occupation is being conducted. All hairdresser and cosmetician licenses, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be renewed once every two
years and shall expire in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88. No person
shall carry on the occupation of hairdressing and cosmetology after the expiration of
such person's license until such person has made application to the department for the
renewal of such license. Such application shall be in writing, addressed to the department
and signed by the person applying for such renewal. The department may renew any
hairdresser and cosmetician license if application for such renewal is received by the
department within ninety days after the expiration of such license.
(1949 Rev., S. 4591; 1963, P.A. 16; 1969, P.A. 722, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 468, S. 3; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 78; P.A. 80-484,
S. 114, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 58, 71; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 32, 117; P.A. 95-125, S. 4, 6; P.A. 01-195, S. 166, 181;
June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 24.)
History: 1963 act increased fees for renewing license and for license as assistant hairdresser and cosmetician from $2
to $3; 1969 act increased fee for operator's examination from $5 to $10 and for instructor's examination from $5 to
$20; 1971 acts deleted practical and oral aspects of examination, increased examination fees for assistant hairdresser and
cosmetician from $3 to $10 and for registered hairdresser and cosmetician from $10 to $25 and increased fee for renewal
of any license from $3 to $5; P.A. 80-484 deleted references to assistant hairdresser and cosmetician and to instructor
categories, deleted provision re $1 per month penalty for failure to renew license in timely fashion, allowed $10 charge for
reexamination which was previously given without charge, replaced December thirty-first expiration date with expiration in
accordance with Sec. 19-45, allowed late renewals if applications received within 90 days rather than 12 months from date
of expiration and deleted provisions governing resumption of practice after having ceased to be a license holder; P.A. 81-471 amended section to delete references to fees and examinations for operators; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 increased the
examination fee from $25 to $50 and the annual renewal fee from $5 to $25; P.A. 95-125 eliminated reference to the $2
duplicate license fee, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001; June 30 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 03-3 changed license renewal from annually to biennially and increased renewal fee from $25 to $50, effective
January 1, 2004.
Cited. 113 C. 564.