71-203 Barbering; exemptions.
71-203. Barbering; exemptions.The following persons are exempt from the Barber Act while in the proper discharge of their professional or occupational duties: (1) Persons authorized by the laws of this state to practice medicine and surgery; (2) commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States military services; (3) registered or licensed practical nurses; and (4) persons engaged in operating or employed in cosmetology salons, except that nothing contained in this section shall authorize a cosmetologist to perform barbering as defined in section 71-202 in any licensed barber shop. SourceLaws 1927, c. 163, § 3, p. 428; Laws 1929, c. 154, § 2, p. 534; C.S.1929, § 71-2003; R.S.1943, § 71-203; Laws 1963, c. 409, § 3, p. 1316; Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 6; Laws 1978, LB 722, § 4; Laws 1997, LB 622, § 86. AnnotationsProvisions of this section regulating haircutting and providing for a certificate of registration are exclusive in nature. Lane v. State, 120 Neb. 302, 232 N.W. 96 (1930).