Indiana § 25-8-2-20 - "Natural hair braiding"
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 25-8-2-20 — "Natural hair braiding", with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 25-8-2-20. "Natural hair braiding"
Sec. 20. (a) "Natural hair braiding" means performing the act of twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, or braiding hair by hand or with mechanical devices that includes:
(1) the use of natural or synthetic hair extensions, natural or synthetic hair and fibers, decorative beads, and other hair accessories;
(2) minor trimming of natural hair or hair extensions incidental to twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, or braiding hair;
(3) the making of wigs from natural hair, natural fibers, synthetic fibers, and hair extensions; and
(4) the use of topical agents such as conditioners, gels, moisturizers, oils, pomades, and shampoos in performing the acts described in subdivisions (1) through (3).
(b) Natural hair braiding does not include:
(1) the application of dyes, reactive chemicals, or other preparations to alter the color of the hair or to straighten, curl, or alter the structure of the hair; or
(2) the use of chemical hair joining agents such as synthetic tape, keratin, bonds, or fusion bonds.
As added by P.L.189-2017, SEC.6.
IC 25-8-3Chapter 3. State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners
25-8-3-1Establishment 25-8-3-2Members; appointment 25-8-3-3Repealed 25-8-3-4Repealed 25-8-3-5Board membership qualifications 25-8-3-6Board member political affiliation 25-8-3-7Term of office 25-8-3-8Removal 25-8-3-9Repealed 25-8-3-10Election of officers 25-8-3-11Officers; terms of office 25-8-3-12Officers; vacancy 25-8-3-13Quorum 25-8-3-14Business office 25-8-3-15Seal 25-8-3-16Records 25-8-3-17Per diem and incurred expenses 25-8-3-18Disposition of receipts 25-8-3-19Receipts; deposit 25-8-3-20Repository of receipts 25-8-3-21Administration expenses 25-8-3-22Implementing rules 25-8-3-23Rules prescribing sanitary requirements, establishing standards, implementing licensing system, and establishing requirements for mobile salons 25-8-3-24Enforcement personnel; compensation 25-8-3-25Repealed 25-8-3-26Sanitary rules given to licensees 25-8-3-27Posting sanitary requirement rules in salon or school 25-8-3-28Inspections 25-8-3-29Equal treatment for persons with criminal records 25-8-3-30Civil penalties; investigations; state board of cosmetology and barber examiners compliance fund
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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