Section 36-14-1 - Acts constituting practice of barbering.
36-14-1. Acts constituting practice of barbering. Any one or any combination of the following practices when done for compensation, or without payment for the public generally, upon the upper part of the human body for cosmetic purposes, and not for the treatment of physical or mental ailments, shall constitute the practice of barbering:
(1) Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair;
(2) Giving facial and scalp massages or treatment with oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations either by hand or mechanical appliances;
(3) Singeing, shampooing, or dyeing the hair or applying hair tonics;
(4) Applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays, or lotions to the scalp, face, neck, or upper part of the body.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1601.