South Dakota § 36-14-36 - Acts declared petty offenses.
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§ 36-14-36. Acts declared petty offenses.
The commission of any of the following acts is a petty offense:
(1) The practice of barbering without a certificate of registration;
(2) Permitting any person in one's employ, supervision, or control to practice as a barber, unless that person has a certificate of registration;
(3) Obtaining a certificate of registration by fraudulent misrepresentation;
(4) Failing to display the certificate of registration as required by this chapter;
(5) Using any room or place for barbering which is also used for residential or business purposes, unless a substantial partition of ceiling height separates the portion used for residential or business purposes. The practice of cosmetology or the sale of hair tonics, lotions, creams, cutlery, toilet articles, cigars, or tobacco, may not be construed to mean business purposes;
(6) Failing or refusing to use separate and clean towels for each person served or to discard or launder each towel after once being used; or
(7) Failing or refusing to supply clean hot and cold water in a quantity necessary to conduct any barbershop in a sanitary manner; failing or refusing to have water and sewerage connections with a water and sewage system, where the latter is available; or failing or refusing to maintain a receptacle for hot water of a capacity of less than five gallons.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1619; SL 1977, ch 190, § 178; SL 1979, ch 257, § 9; SL 2017, ch 175, § 14.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 36-14-36 ("Acts declared petty offenses.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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