Section 313-A:25 Exemptions.
   I. The provisions of this chapter relative to barbering shall not be construed to apply to the following persons:
      (a) Physicians and surgeons licensed under RSA 329 when engaged in the practice of their profession;
      (b) Chiropractors licensed under RSA 316-A when engaged in the practice of their profession;
      (c) Commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States army, navy, or marine hospital service;
      (d) Registered and practical nurses licensed under RSA 326-B;
      (e) Licensed cosmetologists or estheticians under this chapter;
      (f) Persons engaged in the practice of barbering in public or private institutions where such practice is carried on solely for the benefit of such institution;
      (g) Morticians licensed under RSA 325 when engaged in the practice of their profession; or
      (h) Persons conducting programs for barbering demonstration sponsored by a recognized barber organization.
   II. The provisions of this chapter relative to cosmetology or esthetics shall not be construed to apply to the following persons:
      (a) Licensed barbers engaged in their usual occupation.
      (b) Persons engaged in behalf of a manufacturer or distributor solely in demonstrating the use of any machine or other article for purposes of sale, without charge to the person who is the subject of such demonstration.
      (c) Persons engaged in the practice of cosmetology or esthetics in a charitable or benevolent institution, where such practice is carried on solely for the benefit of the residents of such institution.
      (d) Persons conducting programs relating to demonstrations of cosmetology or esthetics sponsored by a recognized cosmetological or esthetical organization.
      (e) Licensed cosmetologists engaged in the practice of cosmetology upon an invalid, a person with a disability, or a person confined to the home because of age, in that person's place of residence.
      (f) Persons licensed as massage therapists under RSA 328-B.
      (g) Persons licensed as physical therapists or physical therapist assistants under RSA 328-A and 328-F.
Source. 2000, 118:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.