Colorado § 12-105-118 - Exemptions.

§ 12-105-118. Exemptions.

(1) Nothing in this article 105 prohibits services by:

(a) A person who is acting within the scope of practice for which they are licensed, registered, or certified;

(b) Licensed or unlicensed volunteers in the performance of charitable services for washing and setting the hair of:

(I) Patients confined to hospitals or nursing, convalescent, or boarding homes;

(II) Persons confined to their homes by reason of age, physical or mental infirmity, or physical disability;

(c) A student of a barbering, hairstyling, or cosmetology school or of esthetician or nail technician services who has received more than twenty percent of the hours of instruction required in section 12-105-111 (3) and who is rendering services at the school under supervision of a licensee within the school setting;

(d) A person who provides the service of natural hair braiding.

(2) Lectures and demonstrations on beauty culture, hairdressing, and the use of beauty preparations performed without compensation do not constitute the practice of cosmetology, and nothing in this article 105 prevents the giving of lectures to and demonstrations on any person. The application of beauty products for the exclusive purpose of recommending, demonstrating, or selling the products does not constitute the practice of cosmetology.

(3) This article 105 does not apply to the following individuals or services:

(a) Mortuary science professionals, as defined in section 12-135-103 (22.3), who perform services on deceased persons;

(b) Tattoo artists who perform cosmetic tattooing on the face, including the practice known as "microblading" eyebrows;

(c) Electrologists or an individual who performs electrolysis for the removal of hair;

(d) An individual who is employed to provide hair and makeup services for theatrical, television, or motion picture productions;

(e) An individual who prepares hair color for a client to use at home;

(f) An individual who provides free haircuts or free washing and setting of hair for a nonprofit organization;

(g) A person that provides barbering and cosmetology services within correctional facilities;

(h) A person that provides makeup application services; or

(i) An individual who polishes nails.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 828, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2026: (1)(a) amended and (3) added, (HB 26-1181), ch. 353, p. 2136, § 6, effective August 12.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-8-121 as it existed prior to 2019.